She said the strikes threatened to undermine the ceasefire in Syria brokered by Russia, which has been aiding Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the civil war, and the United States, which has backed some rebel groups. The Russian Defence Ministry ...

Russia and Syria on Saturday accused U.S.-led forces of launching an airstrike that killed 62 Syrian soldiers and wounded more than 100 at an air base in eastern Syria. U.S. Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East, said ...

The U.S. military says it halted an air raid against IS in eastern Syria after it was informed by Russia that it might have struck Syrian troops. If confirmed, it would be the first American strike on President Bashar Assad's forces in the five-year ...

Syrian war monitors and Russian officials say U.S.-led coalition warplanes bombed Syrian army positions in the east of the country Saturday, killing as many as 80 government fighters who were battling Islamic State extremists for control of the area.

DAMASCUS, Syria, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- A U.S. airstrike in Syria meant to target Islamic State fighters instead hit a Syrian Army outpost, killing 62 soldiers, according to multiple reports. The raid happened around 5:30 p.m. Saturday on a mountainside ...

US special forces 'chased from Syria town al-Rai'. 17 September 2016 Last updated at 17:38 BST. Footage has emerged of Free Syrian Army rebels appearing to chase US special forces out of the northern Syrian town of al-Rai, calling them "infidels" in ...

With fresh fighting and air raids straining a temporary ceasefire on Saturday, a lasting peace in Syria seems a long way off.

World leaders meeting at the United Nations starting Monday will be trying to make progress on two intractable problems at the top of the global agenda - the biggest refugee crisis since World War II and the Syrian conflict now in its sixth year which ...

BEIRUT The U.S. military said it may have unintentionally struck Syrian troops while carrying out a raid against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on Saturday, threatening an already fragile U.S. and Russian-brokered cease-fire that has ...

Israel said Saturday that it had used its "Iron Dome" missile defense system to destroy two rockets fired from Syria, marking what officials said was the first time the short-range system had been activated to intercept projectiles fired by combatants ...

FILE - A fighter from the Kurdish People Protection Unit (YPG) is seen at sunset in the Syrian town of Ain Issi, near Raqqa, July 10, 2015.

The United Nations says it has still not received the necessary guarantees from the United States and Russia for aid convoys to cross the Turkish border into Syria - nor permission from the Syrian government for trucks to get through government ...

The Obama administration is trying to keep the Syrian war simmering, hoping that Clinton will take office in 2017, said Jim Jatras, former US diplomat.

Athens, Greece - May 27, 2016: Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during his visit at the Byzantine and Christian museum in Athens.

Syrian children love playgrounds like kids all over the world but in rebel-held towns near Damascus swing sets are made of spent rockets and jungle gyms are tucked underground.

A satellite image shows the growth at the Rukban border site along the northeast border between Syria and Jordan. The desert site, known as the berm, is home to 75,000 Syrian refugees who have been denied entry to Jordan while fleeing the civil war in ...

BEIRUT: Intermittent shelling and clashes resumed overnight in Syria, a monitor said on Saturday (Sep 17), testing a strained truce brokered by Russia and the United States.

With startling candor, the director of the C.I.A., John Brennan, last week questioned a longstanding premise of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East.