A woman and her two children were killed by an improvised explosive device in southern Daraa province, local news accounts said Thursday. Activists said the IED attack on Wednesday was targeting the woman's brother-in-law who cooperates with the Military Intelligence in Daraa. Her...

The wife of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has been named as the leader of a so-called "anti-corruption campaign" that saw the once influential tycoon Rami Makhlouf stripped of his assets and confined to his home. Asma Al-Assad has been at the head of the campaign to seize Makhlouf's...

  Russia on Sunday has appointed Major General Milad Jadid as a Fifth Corps commander which was formed by Russia in November 2016, sources said. Maj. Gen Milad Jadid has replaced Maj Gen Zaid Saleh. Jadid is considered a commander of the "Special Forces", appointed in...

The Syrian opposition claims the government delegation to the Geneva peace talks is coming up with new conditions, making it difficult to move forward. Opposition spokesman Yahya Aridi said Tuesday that the Damascus delegation told U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura they won't negotiate...