A senior Israeli defense official said President Bashar al-Assad controlled just a fifth of Syria and may end up in charge of a rump state dominated by his minority Alawite sect. Israel and its neighbor Syria are long-term enemies, but the remarks by Amos Gilad, strategic adviser to...

Three Islamic State group car bombs killed 12 Syrian troops and militiamen in the northeastern city of Hasakeh where the extremists have taken two districts, AFP reported. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said more than 30 civilians have been killed in the clashes, with an increase in...

  Dozens of fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Syrian government forces have been killed in ongoing battles in Hasakah province, a monitoring group and activists said. The fighting has displaced more than 100,000 people, the UN said. At least nine ISIL...

ISIS released an audio clip purporting to be a posthumous statement by a militant who killed 27 people in a suicide bombing attack on a Kuwait mosque Friday. The statement consisted largely of Koranic verses and was released on social media channels used by ISIS. The speaker criticizes...