At least 20 people have been killed and dozens have been wounded Sunday morning due to a car explosion near an oil selling site in Bsaira city, north Deir al-Zour.  Activists have accused the State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) of carrying out the bombing in response to...

Six hundred people left the besieged ruins of rebel-held central Homs on Sunday, escaping more than a year of hunger and deprivation caused by one of the most protracted blockades of Syria's devastating conflict. The evacuees, mainly women, children and old men, were brought out...

This is the third part of a series of audio addresses made by Abu Jihad Shishani, the second-in-command to Umar Shishani of the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham. See  Syria: Umar Shishani’s Second-in-Command in ISIS Slams Scholars Who “Sow Discord” & Don’t Fight Syria:...

U.N. humanitarian chief Valerie Amos expressed deep disappointment on Saturday after an aid convoy came under fire in a besieged rebel district of the Syrian city Homs, though she vowed to keep pushing to deliver humanitarian assistance to Syria's neediest. "I am deeply...

 Jihadist fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) have executed a man in Syria's Raqqa province after accusing him of blasphemy, sources told Zaman Alwasl. Activists said the ISIS fighter has been killed over defection attempt, which is not...

 An aid convoy trying to reach a besieged rebel district of the Syrian city of Homs came under fire on Saturday, threatening a humanitarian operation which aimed to deliver medicine and food to around 2,500 trapped people. The Syrian Arab Red Crescent said mortar fire landed...

  A commander and military mastermind for the hardline Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) rebel group was killed on Saturday after clashes with the al-Qaeda affliated al-Nusra Front in the eastern province of Deir al-Zour, Al Arabiya News Channel reported activists as saying....

For the seventh day in a row, Syria’s headline was regime bombing, especially of insurgent-held areas of Aleppo and the Damascus suburb of Darayya. Dozens of bombs, including barrel bombs, were dropped on sections of Aleppo such as Hanano. Airstrikes, as well as tank and artillery...

Lebanese satellite channel, loyal to Bashar Al Assad, aired new news over nuns of Maaloulal’s destiny who were kidnapped on December 2, 2013 by Al Qaeda-linked Al Nusra Front. O TV, Which is owned by Lebanese Gen. Michel Aoun, said the armed opposition represented by...

The head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, wrote a message on his Instagram account on the death of Chechen jihadi Sayfullakh Shishani in Syria on Thursday. The Instagram post appears to have since been removed. Kadyrov named Sayfullakh as Ruslan Machalikashvili. “Today,...

Syrian activists and officials said mortars were fired early on Saturday in the besieged Old Homs district in violation of a ceasefire that is intended to allow the evacuation of civilians and delivery of aid to people trapped in central neighborhoods. There were no immediate...

The civil war in Syria has become a matter of U.S. homeland security over concerns about a small number of Americans who have gone to fight with Syrian rebels and returned home, new Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Friday. Johnson said he and other law enforcement and...

The Syrian city of Homs, dubbed "the capital of the revolution" by rebels, has been a key flashpoint since the early days of the almost three-year-old revolt against President Bashar al-Assad. A major battleground ever since a popular uprising rapidly morphed into an armed insurgency,...

Australia, Luxembourg and Jordan have presented to the five permanent U.N. Security Council members a draft resolution demanding full access for aid workers across Syria, which was quickly dismissed by Russia as a "non-starter." Western diplomats told Reuters on condition of anonymity...

  Even as it began the evacuation of a group of 83 civilians from the Old City of Homs, the Assad regime was attacking the nearby district of al-Waer, home to many displaced Syrians, activists said. State news agency SANA says a first group of 83 civilians has been moved...

Liwa'a Al-Tawhid, key Islamic front unit, said Friday more than 40 fighters from Forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad have been killed after blowing up the Justice palace, one of Assad's fortified strongholds in Aleppo. Footage has been circulated on the Internet by rebels...

  Jabhat al-Nusra has issued a long statement complaining about attacks on its facilities by the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham. The Islamist faction said ISIS has interfered with its financial resources in Deir Ez Zour Province in eastern Syria, saying the...

The high-security buffer zone across from Turkey's Reyhanli district on the Syrian side of the border crossing has become Syria’s lifeblood for aid. The high-security buffer zone across from Turkey's Reyhanlı district on the Syrian side of the border crossing has...

The United States has increased direct funding to rebel groups fighting in Damascus and southern Syria, ramping up pressure on president Bashar Al Assad after negotiations in Geneva ended in deadlock. Last week, as the Syrian regime   delegation in...

  Over the last two weeks, Obama administration officials have signaled - sometimes intentionally, sometimes not - that a worst-case scenario is emerging in Syria. Peace talks are at a virtual standstill. An emboldened President Bashar al-Assad has missed two...