The takeover of eastern Aleppo by Syrian government forces creates the conditions for the peaceful resolution of the conflict in Syria, Russian Defense Ministry official Sergei Rudskoi said Friday. Rudskoi added that all civilians and most rebel fighters had left formerly rebel-controlled...

The U.S.-led coalition battling ISIS Friday it destroyed 14 tanks, an air defense artillery system and other weaponry near the Syrian city of Palmrya after ISIS seized the city from Syrian and Russian forces this month. The strikes, which the military said in a statement took place on...

If ISIS group is to be defeated and prevented from reappearing under some new guise, the root causes behind its birth and growth must be addressed, American experts say. In the face of an uprising that has catalyzed and channeled anger, frustrations and resentments of a significant part of...

When Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the Kremlin’s bombing campaign in Syria last year to back up leader Bashar Assad, the regime’s forces were being pushed back. Now Damascus is celebrating its biggest victory in over five years of war after recapturing control of the...