At least 12 people were killed on Saturday in regime barrel bomb attacks on rebel-held Aleppo province, activists said. Local activists told Zaman al-Wasl that said 8 people have been killed in Tariq al-Bab neighborhood in two barrel-bomb attacks.  Another barrel bomb attack...

Sunni Islamist groups have overrun Syrian army outposts and villages in western Idlib province, closing on coastal strongholds of President Bashar al Assad's government, rebels and a monitor said on Saturday. The Syrian army said its troops had abandoned the town of Muhambal, which passes...

The United Nations Security Council on Friday condemned continued indiscriminate attacks on civilians in Syria, including aerial bombardment and barrel bombings that Western powers say only the government is capable of carrying out. Last week the U.N. humanitarian chief painted a harrowing...

Syrian war planes on Friday bombed Islamic State fighters trying to advance into the northeastern city of Hasaka in an offensive that is adding to the pressure on President Bashar al-Assad following recent defeats elsewhere. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which...