Russia  and NATO are drawing up plans for a rare joint naval operation in the Mediterranean to protect the U.S. ship that will destroy Syria's deadliest chemical weapons, officials and other sources said. The operation would be a symbolic breakthrough at a time when...

An al Qaeda splinter group in  Syria  executed at least 21 people including fighters from rival rebel groups and their relatives, a monitoring group said on Friday, an incident that could worsen infighting among enemies of President Bashar al-Assad. The Islamic State...

Thousands of people have fled a rebel-held town in Syria  after it was bombed and shelled in an operation that has prompted fears of a major assault by ground troops, the  United Nations  said on Friday. The fighting came as peace talks in Geneva neared the end...

A fresh round of U.N.-brokered peace talks between Syria's government and opposition has made no progress, the two sides said Friday. "We deeply regret that this round did not make any progress," Syria's deputy foreign minister, Faisal Muqdad told reporters as both sides traded blame...