A fierce fighting flared up on Tuesday between rebels and Syrian regime army backed by paramilitary National Defense group in the western countryside of Damascus, leaving dozens killed and wounded, a rebel media center said. The Unified media Center in the Western Ghouta said Free Syrian Army...

The United Nations' Syria envoy met rebel leaders fighting in southern Syria for the first time on Tuesday, their spokesman said, underlining the growing political role of a group helping to contain jihadist influence in the south. Staffan De Mistura also met representatives of...

Two suicide bombers killed a prominent figure from the Islamist insurgent group Ahrar al Sham when they blew up a local headquarters in Syria's northwestern Idlib province, rebel sources and a monitor said on Monday. They said Sheikh Abu Abdul Rahman al Salqeeni was killed along...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad signaled on Tuesday he expected more support from his top regional ally Iran in the wake of a nuclear deal that includes Western states that have backed the insurgency against him. Rebels fighting Assad expressed concern that the deal would expand...