Syrian air defenses on Sunday thwarted hostile fire in the northwestern city of Masyaf in Hama Governorate, state TV reported. It said explosions heard in Masyaf were a result of shells launched by rebel groups in the western countryside of Hama.

Syria's transport ministry said a freight train carrying phosphate derailed and caught fire Sunday after getting hit by explosives planted on the tracks by 'militants' in the country's center. The regime-owned train was transporting phosphate from mines in Khunayfis in Homs province,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A senior rebel commander warned political parties of participating in planned Astana 13 conference in August, saying it is "a new Russian trick." Col. Mustafa al-Bakkour, commander in Jaysh al-Izza told Zaman al-Wasl that the Russian-backed offensive on northwestern...

  Syrian first responders and activists say regime bombing of the last rebel stronghold in the country has killed at least 11 civilians, as the nearly four-month offensive shows no sign of abating. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says six people were killed,...