The United States ramped up its support for Syria's opposition with a pledge of nearly $100 million in fresh aid on Saturday. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia's top diplomat described the timing of the departure of Syrian President Bashar Assad and the withdrawal of foreign fighters as top...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State fighters took the central town of Mahin east of Homs city for the second time in two years, an affiliate news agency said Sunday, a move set off alarm bells over a nearby ancient Christian town. Activists said the radical group seek to control Syrian regime's...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Nusra Front fighters on Saturday have recaptured a ground from regime troops and their allies in the southern countryside of Aleppo, the al-Qaeda branch in Syria said via social media. Nusra Fighters have recaptured al-Qarasi and al Jameeiya hills, and  Maryamin...

The decision by U.S. President Barack Obama to send special forces to Syria is strictly focused on fighting ISIS and does not signify the United States is entering Syria's civil war, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said. "President Obama has made a very strong and forceful and simple...