Russia warplanes on Tuesday have dropped white phosphorus bombs on the village of al-Naqeer in northern Idlib province, according to the prominent activist Hadi AlAbdallah. Idlib has been a haven for tens of thousands of rebels and civilians who were forced to abandon their...

(AFP) -  Syria and its ally Russia have threatened to resume bombing the final opposition holdout of Douma in Eastern Ghouta unless rebels there agree to evacuate, sources told AFP on Tuesday. Jaish al-Islam, the powerful Islamist faction that holds Douma, had hoped that talks...

A Syrian rebel group holed up in the besieged eastern Ghouta town of Douma said Tuesday that Russia had yet to give its answer to proposals that involve insurgents and civilians staying in the area. In the face of defeat, rebel groups in other parts of eastern Ghouta have agreed to be...

Pro-Syrian regime forces including Russian mercenaries amassed near U.S. and U.S.-backed forces last week in Syria, but a potential confrontation was defused after the U.S. military contacted Russian officers, U.S. officials said Tuesday. The latest incident in the Syrian province of...