The Syrian army and its allies pressed ahead Friday with a two-week-long offensive to seize a strategic valley where a key spring provides supplies to four million people in the capital, Damascus, residents and rebels said. Aerial bombing and shelling from the army as well as Hezbollah...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 8 ISIS fighters were killed on Thursday when a fighter from Jabahat Fateh al-Sham opened fire on their checkpoint in the Yarmouk Camp south of the capital, source said. The attack had been followed by sporadic clashes between the ex-al-Qaeda affiliate group and ISIS...

Gray is a dying town, its residents lament. Big businesses have moved away, taking jobs with them. Though it still lives up to its nickname "Gray la jolie," or "Gray the pretty," many stores now lie vacant, with fading "to rent" signs in their windows. But for one Syrian family, the...

Syria is prepared for "open battle" against insurgents in the province where Damascus has been allowing them to gather under ceasefire deals, said the government official in charge of negotiations that have seen rebels yield swathes of territory. The past year has seen President Bashar...