Germany and other western European powers need to work with Russia as well as the United States to solve the crisis in Syria, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday. She was speaking before a meeting of the German, Russian, French and Ukrainian foreign ministers being held in...

(Syria Comment)- The Syrian Islamist group known as Ahrar al-Sham Islamic Movement, which is one of the biggest armed groups in the country, has elected a new leader: Abu Yahia al-Hamawi. Founded in 2011, Ahrar al-Sham was first led by Hassane Abboud, who also used the alias Abu Abdullah...

One million more people will be displaced within Syria by the end of the year if the war there continues unabated, potentially adding to the flow of refugees to Europe, a senior U.N. official said. Yacoub El Hillo, U.N. resident and humanitarian coordinator in Syria, said the conflict...

Fighting between ISIS and Syrian regime forces around Deir Ezzor air base in eastern Syria is still underway as dozens of both waring parties have been killed during a week.  Pro-ISIS twitter accounts said Saturday the radical group has been very close to overrun the air base, Bashar...