Russia's defense ministry said a "regime of calm" truce in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo and parts of Latakia province had been extended "for 72 hours beginning at 1 a.m. on Saturday" (1700 ET on Friday), Syrian state news agency SANA reported. A fragile local truce had been in place for...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Torrential rain have hit the countryside of Latakia on Friday morning caused serious destruction for the already worn out tents in the temporary camp of displaced residents who left their villages after controlling them by regime forces with the help...

Turkish soldiers have killed five people in the southeastern Turkish province of Gaziantep as they were trying to cross into Syria to join Islamic State and have detained five others, the provincial governor's office said on Friday. Gaziantep borders the Turkish province of Kilis, which has...

Syrian regime forces on Friday broke into Hama central prison after 5 days of revolt, killing at least two inmates, according to inmates, activists and footage posted online by inmates amid deep concerns of an imminent massacre. Regime troop who have been surrounding the prison since Monday,...