A new message purporting to come from the leader of ISIS said airstrikes by Russia and a U.S.-led coalition had failed to weaken the group. "Be confident that God will grant victory to those who worship him, and hear the good news that our state is doing well. The more intense the war against...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels took a strategic hilltop in coastal Latakia province from regime forces and allied Hezbollah fighters on Saturday, activists said. Turkmen rebels were able to recaptured Tal Ghazala hill after days of being seized by regime troops. Meanwhile, clashes are...

A U.S-backed alliance of Syrian Kurds and Arab rebel groups, backed by U.S. coalition planes, captured a dam on Saturday from ISIS, cutting a main supply route of the militants across the Euphrates, an alliance spokesman said. Col. Talal Selo said the seizure of the dam helps isolate the...

Russian aircraft bombed a school in Idlib province on Saturday, killing nine people and injuring 11 others. The death toll included five children, Mahmoud Dagim, an Idlib civil defense official, told Anadolu Agency. He said Russian jets bombed Zikar school in the Jarjanaz region, which is...