In the devastated Syrian city of Aleppo, children are outside playing and many people are going to the shops safely for the first time in months thanks to a partial halt to the war that is providing relief even if most doubt that peace will take hold. "Look at the markets. Where...

A woman suspected of beheading a child in her care before brandishing the severed head outside a Moscow metro station has said she acted to avenge Muslims killed in the Kremlin's campaign of air strikes in Syria. In video footage posted online on Thursday and circulated by...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The U.S.-led coalition staged deadly air strikes on the ISIS-held Raqqa city on Wednesday, killing and wounding at least 70 people as the Kurdish-led forces wage major offensive on the radical group northeast the de-facto capital, local activists said. Pro-ISIS news...

Syrian rebels said on Wednesday they were under fierce government attack near the Turkish border despite a cessation of hostilities agreement and a representative cast doubt on whether U.N.-backed peace talks would go ahead on March 9 as planned. The agreement drawn up by the...