U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday he expects new talks on Syria to begin as soon as next week, and did not rule out participation by Iran, President Bashar al-Assad's closest ally, which has been kept away from past peace conferences. Along with counterparts from...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry opened talks in Vienna Friday with his Russian, Saudi and Turkish counterparts aimed at reviving a moribund effort to end Syria's civil war. Kerry began a day-long series of meetings in the Austrian capital in consultations with Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad had told him he was ready to talk to armed opposition groups if they are genuinely committed to dialogue and to combating Islamic State. Speaking a day after Assad made a surprise visit to Moscow for...

Vladimir Putin used a rare visit to Moscow by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to talk up the Kremlin's potential to help broker a political settlement to the crisis as he tried to show the West Russia has become a major player in the Middle East. Assad flew to Moscow on...