Syria has given the United Nations permission to get aid to the Kurdish-dominated city of Qamishli by truck, the organization said on Wednesday, relieving the strain on a base supporting thousands displaced by the war with ISIS. Although Qamishli lies on the Turkish border, the crossing is...

U.S. troops based in Syria's southeastern desert have expanded their footprint, rebels there say, increasing the risk of direct ground confrontation between the Americans and Iran-backed pro-government forces. U.S. special forces have been based since last year at Tanf, a strategic Syrian...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime has enhanced the mounting power of its allied militias with Gazelle helicopters in the Syrian desert, sources said, after reaching the eastern border with Iraq for the first time since 2015. The French helicopters that commonly used for light transport,...

A high level Syrian army delegation held talks in Baghdad with Iraqi counterparts on border security in the first public visit of its kind in years to coordinate the fight against ISIS, the Iraqi defense ministry said on Wednesday. The Syrian army last week reached the Iraqi border in a move...