Syria's exiled opposition, in written statement, has declined invitations from Russia and Egypt to attend peace talks with representatives of Bashar al-Assad's regime. According to AFP, a Russian foreign ministry spokesman said this week...

Al Qaeda’s Syria wing backed by Islamist rebels on Monday have launched a major military operation in the northern countryside of Aleppo,   seeking to recapture villages were controlled by Syrian regime forces early this month, activists said....

 Mainstream rebels in southern  Syria  say foreign states have stepped up weapons supplies to them since Damascus launched an offensive early last month to regain the frontier zone near Jordan and Israel. This suggests President Bashar al-Assad's Arab and...

 Islamic State fighters attacked a military airport in Syria's Homs province on Monday as they pushed on with an offensive against government strongholds towards the west, a monitoring group said. Skirmishes by Islamic State -- which is strongest in the northeast and east -- into the...