Islam Amy fighters have pressed slow advances near the central prison of Damascus amid intense efforts to liberate detained females, including activists, who were put in the custody northeast the capital, rebel commanders said Thursday. Jaysh al-Islam, the dominant rebel group in Eastern Ghouta...

Western states have provided counter-terrorism training in Syria to Kurdish security forces that are battling Islamic State, the head of the force said, in a significant expansion of support to the Kurdish administration in northern Syria. The internal security force, known as...

Russian forces have begun participating in military operations in Syria in support of government troops, three Lebanese sources familiar with the political and military situation there said on Wednesday. The sources, speaking to Reuters on condition they not be identified, gave the most...

Syrian regime forces have pulled out of a major air base in northwestern Syria, state television said on Wednesday, after a two-year siege by Islamist-led insurgents, increasing pressure on government-held coastal areas north of Damascus, Reuters said. A group monitoring the war...