The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Friday that the death toll from an air strike in eastern Syria overnight had climbed to 54, including Daesh (ISIS) militants and 28 civilians. The air strike hit an area a few kilometers from the border with Iraq. Most of the civilians were...

 Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Friday that Tehran coordinates positions on its military presence in Syria with Moscow and Damascus. He made his comments at a conference in Moscow, in response to a question about whether Iran...

Israel threatened a "harsh response" on Monday to any attempt by Syrian forces advancing against southern rebel areas to deploy in a Golan Heights frontier zone that was demilitarised under a 44-year-old U.N. monitored truce between the neighbouring foes. Syrian government forces backed...

A delegation of the umbrella Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) on Monday headed for Syria to check on the conditions of Palestinian refugees in the war-torn country. The delegation is expected to meet Syrian regime officials and representatives of Palestinian factions during the...