Sunni Islamist groups have overrun Syrian army outposts and villages in western Idlib province, closing on coastal strongholds of President Bashar al Assad's government, rebels and a monitor said on Saturday. The Syrian army said its troops had abandoned the town of Muhambal, which passes...

The United Nations Security Council on Friday condemned continued indiscriminate attacks on civilians in Syria, including aerial bombardment and barrel bombings that Western powers say only the government is capable of carrying out. Last week the U.N. humanitarian chief painted a harrowing...

Syrian war planes on Friday bombed Islamic State fighters trying to advance into the northeastern city of Hasaka in an offensive that is adding to the pressure on President Bashar al-Assad following recent defeats elsewhere. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed Syrian regime supporters circulated on social media a story of Syrian army soldier claimed he spent hours in the mortuary as medics thought he was dead. Tarek Darwish, a soldier was severely injured in al-Qarmid battles in the northern province of Idlib two weeks...

Syria's defense minister has visited army units to the east of Homs city, state television reported on Thursday, in what appeared to be the latest in a series of morale-boosting trips by senior officials to military outposts. The government has lost large areas of land in the last two months to...

The Syrian air force on Thursday extended its intense aerial campaign against rebel-held areas in the northern province of Aleppo, conducting a series of airstrikes that killed at least 14 people, activists said. Zaman al-Wasl reporter said at least 6 people, including women and 2 children,...

The head of al Qaeda's Syria wing Nusra Front said he saw no solution soon to a conflict with the rival Islamic State group in Syria that has killed hundreds of fighters, according to an interview with Al Jazeera aired on Wednesday. Nusra Front, loyal to the successors of Osama...

Syrian troops and militia battled on Wednesday to repel an Islamic State attack on the city of Hasaka in the northeast, and a Kurdish official said the government forces may not be able to hold off the jihadists. Hasaka city is divided into zones run separately by the government...

Thousands of Iranian and Iraqi fighters have been deployed in Syria in past weeks to bolster the defenses of Damascus and its surroundings, a Syrian security source told AFP Wednesday. "Around 7,000 Iranian and Iraqi fighters have arrived in Syria over the past few weeks and their first...

At least 40 people lost their lives Wednesday in four regime barrel bomb attacks on opposition-controlled areas in Aleppo province, activists said.  Local activists said 22 people were killed, including a number of women and children in Tal Rifaat town north of Aleppo while the second...

The United States has accused the Syrian military of carrying out air strikes to help Islamic State fighters advance around the northern city of Aleppo, messages posted on the U.S. Embassy Syria official Twitter feed said. Islamic State fighters pushed back rival insurgents north of Aleppo on...

. Southern Front rebels on Tuesday thwarted ISIS attack on al-Lajat border region with Jordan, Alweyat al-Omary group said in time supporters of the radical Islamist group claimed gains by controlling three villages east of Daraa city. Rebel sources and activists assured an ISIS bid to control...

 The Nusra Front claimed Tuesday that it had killed several Hezbollah militants and confiscated their weapons in an attack on two of the party’s outposts near Arsal’s outskirts. The jihadi group announced on its Twitter account that its militants attacked two Hezbollah positions between...

Russia Tuesday urged a U.S.-led coalition fighting against ISIS to coordinate their air raids with the Syrian government, warning that jihadis could go "very far" if not stopped. "It is absolutely clear to me it was a mistake - still is - not to coordinate the air strikes with the activities of...

ِAl Qaeda's Syria wing, the Nusra Front, has executed sons of a tribe leader over charges of cooperating with Syrian regime army in northern Idlib province, activists said Tuesday. Nayef and Abdulhai, sons of Sheikh Nouri Nawaf al-Jerkh, head of al-Hadedeyin tribe, were beheaded after being...

Fajr al-Tawhid, Free Syrian Army unit, said 1000 fighters had finished their three-week training south of Syria, posting photos of the graduation ceremony via social media. Abu Mohammed al-Akhtaboot, training coordinator of Fajr al-Tawhi in Daraa province, said we hope to build up a...

 Syrian Coalition's spokesman said every crime carried out by Assad’s air force is a direct result of the UN Security Council’s failure to protect civilians by enforcing safe zones that could have saved tens of thousands of lives over the past four years. “It is absolutely necessary that...

Islamist rebels including Nusra Front on monday have thwarted Islamic State attack on Sheikh Reeh village in northern Aleppo, killing more than 20 fighters, activists said. The surprise attack of ISIS, which started on Sunday by capturing areas close to a border crossing with Turkey, has set...

Syria’s economy minister was married Saturday to a leading television actress, media reports said. Humam al-Jazairy wed Dima Qandalaft and the two held a relatively low-key wedding party at a Damascus hotel, with a small number of family members and Qandalaft’s acting colleagues on hand....

(The Daily Star)- A former Druze rebel commander in the suburbs of Damascus was killed in a car accident this weekend in Austria, his friends said. They said Hussam Dib was en route to Germany when the accident occurred. Supporters of the uprising against the Syrian regime praised Dib...