The U.S. bombing campaign against Islamic State rebels surged in July as Kurdish fighters pushed into territory held by the militant group in Syria and Iraqi forces prepared an offensive to retake strategic northwestern cities, Pentagon figures showed. The U.S. military spent an average of $4.6...

A ceasefire between the warring sides in a Syrian town and two villages has been extended until Sunday, sources on both sides said on Friday. The ceasefire between rebels on one hand and the Syrian army and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah on the other began on Wednesday. It halted fighting...

Syria's main opposition group Thursday insisted President Bashar Assad must go as it rejected calls to join forces against ISIS jihadis ahead of a meeting with Russia's foreign minister. The head of Syria's National Coalition Khaled Khoja is in Moscow for talks with top diplomat Sergei Lavrov...

U.S.-led forces conducted 12 airstrikes against ISIS in Syria on Wednesday and also targeted the group with 12 strikes in Iraq, the U.S. military said Thursday. Strikes in Syria were concentrated near Hassakeh, where five hit tactical units and destroyed fighting positions and a vehicle, the...