The Syrian air force on Sunday extended its intense aerial campaign against rebel-held areas in Syria, conducting a series of airstrikes on Aleppo, Daraa and Hama that killed 15 people, activists said. The Syrian Network for Human Rights said at least 6 victims including a woman and a child...

Syrian army commander came under attack by Ahrar al-Sham Sunday, when an explosive device was detonated near his car in al-Diwaniyah neighborhood of Damascus, killing him and 7 of his escorts, the Islamist group said in statement. Ahrar al-Sham said Brigadier General, Bassam Mehanna al-Ali, and...

ISIS seized the Iraqi side of a key border crossing with Syria after isolated government forces pulled out, a police officer and a provincial official said. "Daesh [ISIS] early this morning took control of the Al-Walid post on the border between Iraq and Syria after the withdrawal of...

A number of Syrian opposition factions will gather in Cairo next month to form a new coalition as an alternative to an exiled West-backed alliance, officials said Saturday. More than 200 figures from the armed and civilian opposition factions are to attend the June 8-9 gathering and discuss a...