The Syrian government has committed to suspending air strikes and artillery shelling on the city of Aleppo for six weeks, the UN envoy to Syria said on Tuesday. The pledge is intended to allow a proposed UN plan to "freeze" hostilities in the country's largest city to...

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ARTEMIVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Government forces were seen retreating from the battlefield Wednesday as Russia-backed rebels continued their onslaught on the railroad junction of Debaltseve, the epicenter of fighting between the separatist and government troops in eastern Ukraine....

(Reuters) - The United States and Turkey have reached a tentative agreement to train and equip moderate Syrian opposition fighters and expect to sign the pact soon, U.S. and Turkish officials said on Tuesday with Ankara predicting a signing in days. The U.S. military has said...