Islamic State (IS) militants beheaded an antiquities scholar in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra and hung his body on a column in a main square of the historic site, Syria's antiquities chief said on Tuesday. IS, whose insurgents control swathes of Syria and Iraq, captured Palmyra in...

Nearly 110,000 migrants were tracked entering the EU in July by irregular means, official data showed on Tuesday, setting a record as the influx continues, notably of Syrians reaching Greek islands from Turkey. The European Union's border control agency Frontex said that it had detected some...

 Syrian rebels on Tuesday have executed an ISIS fighter and hung his body on a column in a main square of the northern town of Marea near Aleppo, saying he was an in-charge for suicide bombs in the radical Sunni group. Omar Haj Omar was charged by spying on rebels and organizing number...

(Reporting by Soufyan Jbawi; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Riyadh Idris, the Director of the Surgical Medical rescuing center in Yarmouk Camp for Palestinian Refugees called the medical bodies and agencies to look to Yarmouk’s status after disconnecting all methods of support , he warned of...

  A senior commander in the al-Qaeda-linked group Nusra Front was killed  on Monday  in southern city of Daraa by unidentified gunmen, activists said. Ahmed Mohamed al-Falouji, Nusra's security official in Daraa, was assassinated by unknown group broke into a...

The UN Security Council Monday backed a push for Syrian peace talks as the death toll in government air strikes on a rebel-held town outside Damascus neared 100, sparking global outrage. It came just hours after UN officials expressed horror over Sunday's deadly raids on Douma, among the...

The Syrian military bombarded an area northeast of Damascus on Monday, keeping up its attack on a rebel-held district where around 100 people were killed on Sunday in an air strike on a market, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Sunday's air strike on Douma, 10 miles (15 km)...

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) A child girl died and many fainted in Derik camp for Syrian refugees near Turkish Mardin city on Monday as a result of using tear gas, rubber bullets and water to suppress a protest for Syrians inside the camp. Zaman al-Wasl source said many Syrian youths...

Turkey still faces the risk of being hit by Syrian missiles, a NATO official has told Anadolu Agency. The claim follows news that the U.S. and Germany will not renew their deployment of missile defense systems in the country. In a written statement on Monday, the NATO official -- on...

Syria's air strikes on Monday have killed 7 civilians, including 2 children, in rebel-held neighborhoods of northern city of Aleppo, Zaman al-Wasl local reporter said. The aerial campaign targeted neighborhoods of al-Ansari, Salahuddin, killing 7 people and leaving material losses. On...

The death toll from massive air strikes on crowded market in Douma city northeast Damascus has risen to 104 and 300 people wounded, most of them civilians, monitoring groups said on Monday. Syrian regime air force carried out on Sunday a deadly air strikes dropping 10 vacuum bombs on the...

 The commander of Jordan's Border Guard says militants have been trying to sneak into Jordan from Syria by blending in with Syrian refugees, and that attempts to smuggle weapons and drugs have increased. In an interview with The Associated Press, Brig. Gen. Saber al-Mahayreh said Sunday...

Germany will pull two Patriot missile batteries and 250 troops from southern Turkey by the start of next year after a reassessment of the threats stemming from the conflict in neighboring Syria. Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen announced at the weekend that Berlin would let its...

5 civilians have been killed in the southern city of Daraa early Sunday as Syrian regime air force extends its aerial campaign across Syria, activists said. Local activists have also documented death of 145 rebel fighters in the last thirty days since the Southern Front had announced an...

At least 104 people on Sunday were killed and scores others were injured in a missile attack on crowded market in rebel-held city of Douma northeast Damascus, activists and  monitoring groups said. The Syrian Network for Human Rights said Syrian regime air force had pounded the city's...

Commanders of Syria's key rebel group Ahrar al-Sham movement have been under fire amid a mounting number of senior fighters killed by unidentified groups. On Saturday, Abu Rateb al-Mazzawi, Ahrar al-Sham's senior commander in Eastern Ghouta suburbs, was killed in an explosive device planted...

Fatah Army early Sunday has resumed bombing on the last two Shiite villages in the northwestern province of Idlib as a temporary ceasefire between warring parties collapsed on Saturday. The alliance of Islamist groups, including dominant Ahrar al-Sham movement, had launched an attack on...

At least 21 people, including 9 children and 6 women, were killed on Saturday when Syrian air force carried out deadly air strikes on rebel-held towns of Wadi Barada region near Damascus, activists and monitoring groups said. The Syrian Network for Human Rights said 13 civilians, including 4...

Rebels on Saturday have thwarted Syrian army attack on Seif al-Dawla neighborhood in northern city of Aleppo, 15 soldiers were killed, according to rebel commander. Abu al-Waleed said regime army had failed to achieve any progress in Seif al-Dawla neighborhood despite taking number of...

Rebels of the northern countryside of Homs have stormed Tasnin town on Saturday after targeting army checkpoints by grad missiles, activists said. Rebels who announced a new command room including dominant Ahrar al-Sham movement and al-Qaeda-linked group Nusra Front are pushing hard to take...