US-led coalition air strikes on a jail run by Daesh (ISIS) in eastern Syria killed at least 57 people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday. "The strikes hit an IS jail in Mayadeen at dawn on Monday, killing 44 prisoners and 15 jihadists," Observatory chief Rami Abdel...

Syria has denied White House allegations that it may be preparing a new chemical attack, insisting again that it has never used such arms. Ali Haidar, the minister for national reconciliation, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the White House statement foreshadowed a "diplomatic...

By Faris Rifai (Zaman Al Wasl)- Among the hundreds of homeless people crowding the streets of Damascus after their living conditions deteriorating due to the war, a homeless woman in her eighties stands out.  She wears a black Jalabiya, dress, and has a black band on her...

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Tuesday left open the possibility of longer-term assistance to Kurdish YPG militia in Syria, saying the U.S. may need to supply them weapons and equipment even after the capture of Raqqa from Daesh (ISIS). NATO ally Turkey, which views the YPG as a...