ISIS (Daesh) may be on the run from its last bastion in Syria but the United States is gearing up for a longer stay in the country. And if U.S. forces are to counter Iranian and Russian influence as Syria struggles to emerge from civil war, they will need Turkey's help. But...

A Syrian warplane struck an orphanage in Eastern Ghouta suburb of Damascus on Saturday, according to a spokesman for the Turkish IHH humanitarian agency. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Selim Tosun said the attack targeted the “Hope Tree” orphanage, which accommodates 50 children....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Clerics suspended Friday Prayers in Eastern Ghouta suburbs as regime forces backed by Russian jets intensify aerial bombing on the besieged district of Damascus, local activists said. Eastern Ghouta came under major aerial and ground campaign killed more than 90 people...

As Islamists continue to lose ground, the US administration reportedly fears that northern territories, where its troops have been training rebel forces, will fall to the Syrian regime. The United States plans to keep a military presence in Kurdish-dominated northern Syria after...