The lead negotiator in the Syrian opposition said on Sunday it was coming under pressure from U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to attend peace talks in Geneva this week in order to negotiate over steps including a halt to air strikes. The opposition's High Negotiation Committee, which groups...

 Syrian pro-government forces recaptured the rebel-held town of Rabiya in the western coastal province of Latakia Sunday, Reuters said. The advance, with the backing of Russian airstrikes and directed partly by Russian officers, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. It paved the...

At least 47 people, including nine children, have died in Russia air strikes on a town in eastern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday. The raids on Khasham near the city of Deir Ezzor on Saturday were among a series of strikes that also hit two other town and others...

Senior Saudi and Iranian figures clashed behind closed doors at a private meeting convened by the World Economic Forum in Davos this week to try to promote peace in Syria, participants said. The barbed exchange between Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif at an...