(Zaman Al Wasl) – Violent clashes still ongoing between Syrian regime forces and the Islamic battalions in the farmlands of Kerdi Hill near the city of Douma, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Wednesday. In his turn,...

Syria's armed forces, including its aircraft, have been providing military support to Kurdish fighters defending the town of Kobane besieged by jihadists, the information minister said. "The state with its military forces and planes has been providing military and logistical...

(Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned on Tuesday that using only military means to fight the threat of Islamic State in Syria could radicalize more Sunni armed groups and spark greater violence. "Our long-term strategic objective in Syria remains a...

(Reuters) - The Syrian air force carried out more than 200 air strikes around the country in the past 36 hours, a group monitoring the war said on Tuesday, a rapid increase in government raids as U.S.-led forces bomb Islamist insurgents elsewhere. The intensified strikes by...