Turkish jets took part in U.S.-led coalition air strikes against Islamic State in Syria for the first time on Friday, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said. "Our jets started last night to carry out air operations with coalition forces against IS targets in Syria which pose a threat...

Ahrar al-Sham Islamic movement on Saturday has killed a senior regime army officer by an explosive device planted near his car in Damascus, the dominant rebel group said in statement. The Salafist group gave no further details over the attack that killed Brigadier General Raeef Ali al-Hasan and...

A ceasefire in a Syrian town near the Lebanese border and in two villages to the north has broken down after renewed heavy shelling, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said on Saturday. The truce between the Syrian army and the Lebanese group Hezbollah on...

Fatah Army on Friday advanced towards a military airport that is the last remaining regime-held facility in the northwestern province of Idlib, activists and monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the alliance of Islamist groups led by...