A major battle to liberate ISIS' stronghold of Raqqa in northern Syria is looming, with U.S. officials looking to build on momentum from victories on the battlefields of Mosul in Iraq. The Pentagon has drawn up a secret plan to do that, likely leaning on local allies with stepped-up American...

The lead Syrian opposition negotiator at peace talks in Geneva said he hoped U.S. President Donald Trump would correct the "catastrophic" errors of his predecessor Barack Obama to become a reliable partner against "devilish" Iran. The U.N.-led negotiations edged forwards on Wednesday, for the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 58 army troops, including 17 officers, from the coastal city of Tartus were killed in February, pro-regime news feeds said. The death toll included 4 general brigadiers, colonel, 2 lieutenant colonels and 11 lieutenants. Residents of Tartus, the regime's powerful...

(Daily Mail)- Al-Qaeda has confirmed their second-in-command Abu Khayr al-Masri was killed by a US drone strike.  The attack in Idlib, north west Syria last week, is believed to have been carried out using a new type of munition using a far lower explosive yield to reduce civilian...