At least two people were killed when rockets hit Latakia on Thursday, state media said, in a rare attack on the Syrian coastal city that is a bastion of President Bashar al-Assad. The city has largely been spared the violence of the more than four-year Syrian civil war, which...

Turkish border guards, and in their effort to combat Islamic State and the historic Kurdish enemy PKK, have carried out a series of breaches and crimes against Syrian displaced who are trying to escape fight between conflicting parties in northern Syria. Number of Syrian displaced, including...

Syrian rebels on Wednesday have killed 15 army soldiers and wounded dozens in counter attack on their barrack in northern city of Aleppo, rebel commander told Zaman al-Wasl. Rajab Abu Yousef, senior commander in al-Shamiya Front, said rebels had rocked army bases in the neighborhoods of...

Syria's warring parties declared a 48-hour ceasefire in two frontline areas on Wednesday after unprecedented mediation from Turkey and Iran, signaling a new approach by some of the main regional backers of the opposing sides. The ceasefire halted fighting between insurgents on the...