U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Tuesday named Turkey as one of the countries that needed to do more in the fight against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), including tightening control of its border with Syria. “We all must do more. Turkey must do more to control its often porous...

Russia's entry into the war in Syria has changed the balance on the ground, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview on Czech Television, and he predicted that support from his main international ally would remain strong. In the interview, conducted in Damascus on...

An airstrike on a water treatment plant in Syria last Thursday cut water supplies for 3.5 million people, and although pumping has been partly restored, 1.4 million still have reduced supply, the head of U.N. agency UNICEF in Syria said Tuesday. "In Syria, the rules of war, including...

A coalition led by the United States conducted 12 strikes against ISIS in Iraq on Monday, and hit the militant group with a single strike in Syria, said a statement released Tuesday. The sole Syria strike was near Al Hawl, hitting a tactical unit, the statement from the Combined Joint Task...

A deal has been reached for the evacuation of Syrian opposition fighters from the last district under their control in the central city of Homs, the provincial governor told AFP Tuesday. "All the rebels will leave Waer (district) within two months. A group of 200 to 300 armed men will leave...

A Saudi-sponsored conference meant to unify as many Syrian political and armed opposition factions as possible around a common agenda is convening in Abha within ten days, ahead of forthcoming negotiations with the Syrian regime, slated for January 1, 2016. Earlier reports had suggested Riyadh...

The Lebanese army has reportedly released the ex-wife of Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as part of a prisoner swap deal brokered by Qatar. Saja Dulaimi, who was married to the militant commander six years ago, has been handed over to the al-Qaeda linked Nusra Front group,...

(USA TODAY)- The Pentagon will consider deploying more special operations troops to fight Islamic State militants if its pilot project in Syria shows signs of progress, a senior Defense official told USA TODAY on Monday. The Pentagon last month announced that 50 commandos would be sent to...

The body of a Lebanese soldier killed after being taken captive by the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front was handed over to a Lebanese security agency and the Red Cross on Tuesday, the state news agency reported. A security source said the return of the body of Mohamed Hamieh was the...

The White House said on Monday it has seen "some intensification" of Russian air strikes against Islamic State in Syria during the past several weeks. White House deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes told reporters that Russia previously had infrequently targeted...

( NOW )- Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani has purportedly spoken with an Iranian newspaper amid reports he was injured in Syria.   In an interview Sunday with Al-Waqt, Soleimani praised former Iranian Ambassador to...

Russian jets bombed Sunday a bakery built by a Turkish humanitarian agency in the city of Idlib, northwestern Syria. The bakery was established 16 months ago by the Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) and it produced about 65,000 loafs of bread per day serving about 40,000 people, the...

Syrian President Bashar al Assad told a senior Iranian official on Sunday that his adversaries had increased weapon supplies and financial support to insurgents since the start of a major offensive aided by his allies to regain lost territory. Assad was quoted by state media as...

Germany could send 1,200 soldiers to the Middle East by the end of the year to provide service support to planes and ships of a coalition battling Islamic State, Germany's top defense official told a newspaper on Sunday. Chancellor Angela Merkel promised to support the offensive against...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 60 people have been killed in Russian missiles fired into marketplace in Ariha town in the northern province of Idlib, local activists said Sunday. Syrian regime and its key ally Russia have deliberately targeted main marketplaces in rebel-held towns in a blatant...

“Even if no one remains, we will be there to defend our land,” says 30-year-old Turkmen Tahsin Kosar, determinedly – “It is our motherland; we cannot leave it.” Kosar is just one of many Syrian Turkmen who have fled to the Turkish border district of Yayladagi in Hatay from northwestern...

Thousands gathered across the UK on Saturday in rallies organized by the Stop The War coalition to stand against British Prime Minister David Cameron's proposal for airstirkes in Syria. The main protest took place at  Downing Street in Central London.   Protestors...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia warplanes have renewed on Saturday its air strikes on aid vehicles in northern Syria near the Turkish border amid accusations by Damascus and Moscow claim it was carrying supplies to rebels. One driver has been killed and four others have been...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime air strikes have killed at least 19 people in Idlib and Daraa provinces, activists and monitoring group said Saturday. The Syrian Network for Human Rights said Bashar al-Assad air strikes on the rebel-held province Idlib have killed 7 civilians in Bennish town...

The Syrian army said on Saturday that Turkey had recently increased supplies of weapons, ammunition and equipment to what it described as terrorists in Syria. A statement issued by the Syrian army command alleged that weapons were being delivered in shipments which Turkey claimed to be...