Iran's clerical supreme leader said elections should be held in Syria to end the civil war there and criticized foreign powers that arm and fund Syrian opposition fighters, state television reported on Sunday. In an annual address to the Islamic Republic's top diplomats, Ayatollah Ali...

A monitoring group and activists said on Sunday that Syrian rebels had locked people in cages and driven them to areas near Damascus to use as human shields against heavy government air raids. A video posted online by the Shaam News Network, an opposition media outlet, showed men and women in...

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri called on Muslim supporters to band together to confront the threat from the West and Russia in Syria and Iraq, the latest recording suggesting greater unity between al Qaeda and Islamic State. "The Americans, Russians, Iranians, Alawites, and Hezbollah are...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebel groups led by Nusra Front have recaptured a ground from regime troops and their allies in the northern and southern countryside of Aleppo, as fighting still underway, rebel commander told Zaman Al Wasl Sunday. Rebels and Nusra Fighters have recaptured al Hwayiz,...