The Russian military has downed a drone targeting the Hmeimim air base in Syria, Russian news agencies reported on Thursday. The drone, launched from territory controlled by Syrian rebels, was detected on August 9, RIA reported. Russia Today said the Russian air defenses in...

A second hostage has died after being abducted by Daesh (ISIS) group in southern Syria last month, a journalist in the area and an activist group said Thursday. The 65-year-old Syrian woman was among more than 30 people seized by Daesh two weeks ago as it unleashed a violent attack...

Syrian activists say regime military helicopters have dropped leaflets over parts of the northwestern rebel-held province of Idlib, calling on residents to reconcile with the regime. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights posted a copy of the leaflets. They say the Syrian...

Russia, Iran and Turkey told a meeting of the Syria humanitarian taskforce on Thursday that they would do their utmost to avoid a battle that would threaten millions of civilians in rebel-held Idlib, U.N. humanitarian adviser Jan Egeland said. He estimated that there were 4 million or...