A military buildup in northern Syria, coupled with heavy fighting and mounting civilian casualties, spells the end of a cease-fire that for two months brought some relief to a war-weary country. The renewed violence is ushering in what could be an even more ruinous chapter in the 5-year-old...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Senior leader of pro-regime Syrian National Defense (NDF) was killed in ambiguous circumstances near Damascus, source said Thursday. Fida Nazmi Budur, 33, was NDF leader of Syria's southern region where he gains notorious fame over looting and robbery. Nazmi's body was buried...

The last paediatrician in Aleppo has been killed in an airstrike believed to have been carried out by the Syrian regime. Reports from the besieged city said Dr Wassim was among 14 people killed when jets attacked the Al Quds hospital in Syria. The airstrike, which destroyed the hospital,...

The Kurdish government in Iraq has dealt a blow to Kurdish-controlled areas of northern Syria by keeping the border closed for more than one month, an economic and political setback for the Syrian region as it plans for wider autonomy. The Kurdish administration in northeastern Syria believes...