Russia’s latest military moves in Syria have sharpened divisions within the U.S. administration over whether Russian President Vladimir Putin genuinely backs a U.N.-led initiative to end the civil war or is using the negotiations to mask renewed military support for Syrian President...

The U.N. special envoy for Syria has vowed to take fragile peace talks into next week despite a walkout by the main armed opposition, a breakdown in a truce and signs that both sides are gearing up to escalate the five-year-old civil war. Staffan de Mistura, who dismissed the...

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Reporting by Eqab Malek; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime's air force directorate has rewarded military pilots who conduct the deadly air strikes on Syrian people, source told Zaman al-Wasl Thursday. The rewards were disbursed by the M.General Jameel al-Hassan, head...