Syria’s grinding war has killed over 340,000 people since it broke out in 2011, including more than 100,000 civilians, an activist group said Friday. The death toll increased as key international powers step up diplomatic efforts to bring an end to the brutal conflict, and just days...

The Pentagon is expected to acknowledge as early as Monday that the U.S. has about 2,000 troops in Syria, according to a Reuters report. The number does not represent an increase in troop levels in the country, but simply reflects a more accurate count. The official troop count in Syria...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 12 fighters loyal to Bashar al-Assad were killed on Friday in clashes with ISIS in Homs desert, pro-regime news feeds said. Two Hezbollah militants were among the casualties of al-Hemeima battles as the regime forces press to capture last ISIS strongholds in...

U.S. President Donald Trump has told his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Washington will not give terror group PKK/PYD weapons anymore, said Turkish foreign minister. Remarks by Mevlut Cavusoglu came after Trump and Erdogan held a telephone conversation on Friday to...