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...

 The United Nations said Saturday it aims to bring together Syria's warring parties on Jan. 25 in Geneva to begin talks to try to end nearly five years of civil war. U.N. Syria mediator Staffan de Mistura plans to convene representatives of the Syrian government and "the broadest possible...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 5 people killed in barrel bomb attacks on Moadamiyet al-Sham town west of the capital, local activists said Saturday. Moadamiyet al-Sham, also known as Moadamiya, has been under major attack by regime army this week after the collapse of a fragile truce with...