US and French defense chiefs discussed the possibility of France taking part in the American-led air war against Islamic State jihadists in Syria, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said. But his French counterpart, Jean-Yves Le Drian, would not confirm or deny that the subject came...

(Reuters) - As U.S. warplanes bomb his enemies in Syria's east, President Bashar al-Assad has set loose his own forces in the west, alarming Washington's few friends on the ground and potentially undermining the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State. U.S. President Barack...

Damascus (AFP) - Twin car bomb explosions in the central Syrian city of Homs on Wednesday killed at least 18 people, mostly children, and wounded 40 others, state news agency SANA reported. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitoring group, reported the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Rebels' latest advance in the strategic town of Harasta, 4 miles away from the capital center, has startled Syrian regime armed troops since they found their stubborn headquarters of air-forces intelligence being under constant heavy shelling....