Al-Qaeda main branch In Syria claimed responsibility for Tuesday’s suicide bombing in central Damascus, Jabhat al-Nusrah has confirmed in statement posted online. Activists reported 4 people have been killed and 17 others have been wounded on Tuesday after a...

The United States sees value in getting to know Islamist militias in Syria, in order to better understand their intentions in the civil war there and their possible links with al Qaeda, the top U.S. military officer said on Wednesday. General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the U.S. Joint...

  Jihadists in northern Syria have kidnapped more than 50 Kurds in the past three days, in the second such case of mass hostage-taking since July, a monitoring group said Thursday.   The kidnappings come months into major battles for control of several...

The head of the mission charged with destroying Syria's chemical weapons says preparations are on track to move the most dangerous chemical agents from sites in the war-torn country to the port of Latakia but there are serious security issues on key roads. Sigrid Kaag told reporters...