(Reuters) - Syria's foreign ministry accused   Turkey   of an "act of aggression" on Friday and warned of severe consequences after Ankara authorized cross-border incursions to fight militants advancing on the frontier. Turkey's parliament gave the government...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has made a rare public appearance at a mosque in Damascus at the start of a Muslim holiday, a photo posted on the presidency's official Twitter feed on Saturday showed. Assad is shown seated on the floor of...

(Reuters) - Islamic State militants fighting in Iraq and Syria posted a video on Friday that appeared to show the beheading of British aid worker Alan Henning, triggering condemnation by the British and U.S. governments. The footage on YouTube, highlighted on pro-Islamic State Twitter...

Reporting by Abdullah Al Ghadawi; Editing by Dani Murad (Zaman Al Wasl)- Despite Washington's official statements that the goal of the international coalitions strikes in Syria, is to defeat “Islamic State” without helping Assad's government, but since the bombing...