The Israeli military, which has been launching airstrikes against Syria, could be preparing to cross into its territory now. It says it's ready to act to protect the Druze village of Hader, located on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights, after a car bomb killed nine people and injured 23...

Daesh (ISIS) may have just lost the last major city of its self-proclaimed "caliphate", but experts and officials warn this is far from being the extremists' deathblow. Analysts say the Syrian army's recapture of Deir al-Zor announced Friday will push Daesh underground after losing...

A senior US official met Syria's national security chief in Damascus this week, a senior regional official close to Damascus told Reuters on Friday. This is the highest ranking visit to Syria by a US official since the start of the civil war in 2011. The Lebanese newspaper...

It's very easy to look at the current military situation in Syria and conclude that Assad has won, but such a denouement of the war is simplistic. Assad has not won, but rather, if "victory" can be claimed at all, Iran and Russia are winning on Assad's behalf.   This...