Free Syrian Army officers have joined key I slamist rebel group in Eastern Ghouta suburbs under leadership of Zahran Alloush, commander said in video statement Monday.   Number of Syrian army defectors in a remarkable move have formed a new military council in...

 The United States pledged $507 million and Kuwait promised $500 million towards easing Syria's humanitarian crisis at an international summit in the Kuwaiti capital on Tuesday. The  United Nations , which is holding the summit, says aid is needed to help 18 million...

A U.S.-led program to train Syrian rebels to fight Islamic State militants will start in May, Turkey's Defense Minister Ismet Yilmaz was quoted as saying by the state-run Anadolu news agency on Tuesday. U.S. officials have said they plan to train about 5,000 Syrian fighters a year...

At least 17 people have been killed in Syrian regime air strikes on the rebel-held city of Idlib north of Syria two days since an alliance of Islamist groups have seized the city for the first time in Syria's civil war, activists said. Fatah Army, an alliance which...