(Writing by Faris AL Rifai; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Mahmood al-Naser, former detainee in the Syrian regime’s prisons, cannot forget his painful and traumatising experience, not only the pain of torturing, but the suffering of other detainees who were like alive bodies waiting to die....

Rebels battling the Syrian army and its allies near Aleppo said on Monday they had received new supplies of U.S.-made anti-tank missiles from states opposed to President Bashar al-Assad since the start of a major government offensive last week. The rebels from three groups...

At least 40 Islamic State fighters have been killed in an air strike on their convoy in the Syrian province of Hama, Reuters reported on Sunday. The attack, which took place on Saturday, also destroyed 16 vehicles in the convoy, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors...

Russian planes carried out 39 sorties and hit 51 Islamic State targets over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Sunday. The aircraft hit targets in Hama, Latakia, Damascus and Aleppo regions, it added, according to Reuters. Meanwhile, Fateh Aleppo, an alliance of Islamist...