Only one in 20 Russian air strikes in Syria are aimed at Islamic State targets, Britain's defense secretary said on Saturday, warning that Vladimir Putin was instead killing civilians to shore up President Bashar al-Assad. Russia bombed Syria for a third straight day on Friday,...

President Barack Obama on Friday vehemently rejected Russia's military actions in Syria as self-defeating and dismissed the idea that Moscow was strengthening its hand in the region. He vowed not to let the conflict become a U.S.-Russia "proxy war." At a White House news conference,...

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem on Friday questioned the value of political negotiations and said airstrikes against militants in his country are useless if they are not coordinated with his government. "Terrorism cannot be fought only from the air, and all of the previous operations...

More than 100 people killed on Friday in double air strikes on northern city of Aleppo by Syrian regime and key ally Russia, activists said amid claims by state-run media that the deadly aerial attacks have targeted ISIS strongholds. Russian warplanes have mounted a new wave of air strikes...