The UN Security Council will meet Thursday for an emergency session on Syria following clashes between the Turkish and Syrian military, diplomats said Wednesday. They said the meeting, which will be open to the public, was requested by the United States, France and Britain. The...

Syrian regime forces Wednesday pressed on with their offensive in the northwest that has displaced half a million people, despite heightened tensions with Turkey. Intensive aerial bombardment and ground fighting in the jihadist-dominated Idlib region since December have killed almost 300...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- A car bomb killed and wounded dozen of regime army troops south of Damascus when it blew up on the 'Peace highway', activists told Zaman al-Wasl Tuesday. The blast targeted a checkpoint for the 68 Tank Brigade at the gate of Khan al-Sheeh in the southwestern...

A Russian-led Syrian regime offensive against the country's last rebel enclave has displaced more than half a million people in two months, the United Nations said Tuesday. "Since 1 December, some 520,000 people have been displaced from their homes, the vast majority - 80 percent - of...