Russian warplanes bombed US-backed fighters in several small villages in northern Syria after they mistakenly thought Islamic State forces were in the area, a top US general said Wednesday. On Tuesday, "we had some Russian aircraft and regime aircraft bomb some villages that I believe they...

All Syrian sides that fought in the battle for Aleppo committed war crimes and the deal to evacuate civilians following the rebel defeat was a "crime of forced displacement', a U.N. probe said Wednesday. The United Nations Commission of Inquiry (COI) for Syria documented violations including...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Commander of regime's military campaign in Qaboun district of Damascus died of wounds sustained last week, activists said Wednesday. Brigadier General Bilal Mubarak was one of notorious regime army commanders who was born in Beit Yashoot, key militant stronghold in...

Russian-backed Syrian government forces will enter the ISIS-held city of Palmyra "very soon", a Syrian military source said Wednesday, as government forces seek to win back the city from the group for the second time in a year. The army said Wednesday it had captured an area known as the...