Russia stepped up its criticism of U.S. policy on Syria on the eve of a visit to Moscow by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, saying the United States had not shown it was ready to cooperate fully in the struggle against Islamic State militants. Russia would continue to urge Washington to...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Al Qaeda's Syria branch, the Nusra Front, has posted online photos for what it said corpses of 80 Syrian regime soldiers and allied militants who had been killed in the recent clashes in the southern countryside of Aleppo province. The powerful jihadi group that controls...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime helicopter gunships have struck a suburb of the capital, Damascus, a day after airstrikes on nearby areas killed at least 70 people.  Two activist groups - the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Local Coordination Committees -...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 9 rebel fighters have been killed in the northern countryside of Homs as Syrian regime forces backed by Shi'ite militia launched major attack on the rebel-held strongholds, activists said on Sunday. Rebels had thwarted the assault despite...