The mother of a US journalist missing in Syria since 2012 on Monday appealed to President Donald Trump for help in securing his release, claiming that one or more senior US officials have blocked talks with the Damascus government on the matter. Debra Tice, appearing at a news conference to...

Syrian regime forces were poised Monday to soon enter Maaret al-Numan, a town of symbolic and strategic importance that is deserted after months of bombardment, located in the last opposition bastion. Maaret al-Numan is a strategic prize lying on the M5 highway linking Damascus to Syria's...

Syrian regime forces reached the outskirts of a key rebel-held town on Sunday, part of a weeklong offensive into the country's last rebel stronghold, state media and opposition activists said. Over the past two days, Russian-backed regime troops captured at least six villages near the...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday that work was underway to construct homes inside Syria for people fleeing the war-torn country's last rebel-held stronghold. "In an area 30-40 kilometres deep in Syria close to our border, we have planned to build, not a tent city, but...