Syria’s Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has undergone a remarkable transformation from a beleaguered jihadist faction to a well-organised milita...

Iranian-backed Iraqi militias have deployed in Syria to support the Assad government against a strong insurgent offensive led by Hayat Tahr...

Syrian rebels have recaptured Aleppo from President Bashar al-Assad. The surprise offensive has reignited the Syrian civil war, leading to ...

Syrian opposition fighters have made a significant advance in Aleppo, capturing most of the city and controlling wide areas across Hama, Id...

Aleppo, Syria's second-largest city, has fallen out of government control for the first time in a decade following a surprise rebel advance...

Suicide bomber kills Abu Maria al-Qahtani in Idlib province, last rebel-held area. Conflicting reports on explosion source. Monitored by Ob...

The attack was neither preceded by any effort by the Iranian side to resolve the issue diplomatically nor any acrimonious exchange of state...

In an earlier statement, Syria's military said that drones laden with explosives targeted the ceremony packed with young officers and their...

One week after the 7.8-magnitude tremor, Turkish media reported a handful of people were still being pulled from the rubble and increasingl...

The operation was the biggest blow to the jihadist organisation since his predecessor, the better-known Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed in...

So far it is unclear what caused the escalation, which prior to the attack had already killed at least 17 children this month, according to...

The Turkish army destroyed overnight "a chemical warfare facility, located some 13 kilometres south of Aleppo, along with a large number of...

The sanctions monitoring team submits independent reports every six months to the Security Council on the Islamic State, Al-Qaeda and assoc...

Backed by Russian air strikes, the forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad are pressing a battle to retake IS- controlled areas in the ...

The Islamic State group vowed Tuesday to attack Russia and defeat it, as Moscow announced it had intensified its air campaign against jihad...

Several US-aided units have come under direct fire by the Russians. But they claim to have held their territory, with the help of TOW missi...

President Vladimir Putin's overture to opponents of Russia's bombing campaign in Syria was snubbed, with Saudi sources saying they had warn...