BEIRUT: More than 6,000 new fighters joined Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Syria last month in the militant group's fastest expansion to date, a body monitoring the war said Tuesday. ISIS, previously estimated to number some 15,000, has seized control of large areas...

(Reuters) - A specially equipped U.S. ship has finished neutralizing all 600 metric tons of the most dangerous of Syria's chemical weapons components surrendered to the international community this year to avert threatened air strikes, the Pentagon said on Monday. It said the...

n">(Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has barred all American airlines from flying over Syria , saying the ongoing conflict poses a "serious potential threat." The FAA had previously warned American carriers to avoid flying over Syria . The new rule...

(Zaman Alwasl)- At least 16 Syrian army troops have been killed in Morek town in the northern countryside of Hama province, field activists said. Activists said 16 soldiers form Republican Guards, regime’s elite forces, were killed as fierce...