The Conquest Brigade, an Islamist rebel group operating in the town of Moadamiyet al-Sham southern Damascus, has tortured to death a Syrian man in his forties over claims he cooperated with Syrian regime, activists and victim's brother, journalist Ali Hamra said Thursday. Isam Hamra was...

Eight senior Iranian military officers have been killed in war-torn Syria -- where Iran supports the embattled regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad -- since 2013, including three generals killed this week. On Oct. 9, Hossein Hamadani, a senior commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards,...

Kurdish YPG forces in northern Syria should be investigated for alleged war crimes during their battles with Daesh, a UN spokesman said Wednesday. Farhan Haq told Anadolu Agency that the UN was studying an Amnesty International report that accused the YPG —the armed branch of the Democratic...

Cuban military operatives reportedly have been spotted in Syria, where sources believe they are advising President Bashar al-Assad’s soldiers and may be preparing to man Russian-made tanks to aid Damascus in fighting rebel forces backed by the U.S. Gen. Leopoldo Cintra Frias, head of ...