Syria has denied reports of increased military activity by Russian troops on its soil, after Washington said it was following up on claims of ramped up support from Moscow. Speaking late Monday to Hezbollah's Al-Manar television station, Information Minister Omran Zohbi dismissed the reports as...

France carried out its first surveillance flights over Syria on Tuesday to prepare possible attacks on ISIS jihadis, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said. "These surveillance flights will determine what action can be taken when the time comes," Fabius told reporters. The flights began the day...

 Kurdish authorities in northern Syria are arbitrarily detaining critics and alleged ISIS sympathizers and denying prisoners fair trials, rights group Amnesty International said Monday. In a new report, Amnesty said it had documented several cases of authorities detaining people with...

Britain will not hesitate to carry out more deadly drone strikes against militants in Syria planning attacks on the United Kingdom, defense minister Michael Fallon said on Tuesday, as he defended the killing of a British Islamic State fighter. Prime Minister Cameron told parliament on...