Syrian conflict

Islamist rebels seized a village from government forces near Aleppo overnight, a monitoring group and rebel sources said on Friday,…

The United States said on Wednesday it had agreed with Russia to extend a cessation of hostilities agreement to include…

Russia said on Sunday talks were taking place to include Aleppo in a temporary lull in fighting declared by the…

The Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar has condemned the ongoing slaughter in the Syrian city of Aleppo as shelling and aerial…

Escalating violence across Syria which has seen a fragile truce agreement unravel and peace talks collapse could release new levels…

Russia has proposed that the United Nations Security Council blacklist Syrian rebel groups Jaish al-Islam and Ahrar al-Sham for links…

President Barack Obama will announce later on Monday plans to send up to 250 additional U.S. special forces troops to…

An Iranian minister said on Saturday that Islamic State has been hatching "plots and conspiracies" against Iran from its de…

The U.N. special envoy for Syria has vowed to take fragile peace talks into next week despite a walkout by…

Russian forces in Syria have fired at least twice on Israeli military aircraft, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seek…