Syrian warplanes attacked Islamist militants near the northern city of Aleppo on Sunday, both sides said, as the government tried to push back a insurgent advance in the area. Dozens of air strikes hit near the town of Khan Touman, which rebels took from forces loyal to the government and its...

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri urged rival jihadist fighters in Syria to unite or risk death but again decried fellow Sunni Muslim militants Islamic State as "extremists" in an audio recording posted online on Sunday. As successor to Osama bin Laden, Zawahri has the allegiance of al Qaeda...

(Zaman al-Wasl)- Pro-regime Liwa al-Quds militia mourned about 50 militants on Sunday who were killed by rebel factions in an offensive on al-Zahraa neighborhood few blocks from Air Force Intelligence headquarters in Aleppo city. One of the biggest pro-regime militias in Aleppo province...

The Turkish Armed Forces destroyed three rocket launchers and three cars and "neutralized" a total of 55 ISIS militants in northern Syria on Saturday evening, according to military sources. Speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak with the media, the sources...