Syrian regime forces edged forward in the northern province of Aleppo on Saturday with air cover from Russian warplanes, but faced fierce resistance from rebel forces in the country's center, AFP reported. A Syrian military source told AFP that troops had advanced to within six kilometers...

Syrian rebels said Friday 20 troops loyal to Bashar al-Assad have been killed in the ongoing clashes in in northern and eastern countryside of Homs as well 15 others have been wounded and taken captive in an ambush. Regime troops and their Iranian ally, backed by Russian jets launch major...

Syrian rebels on Friday have recaptured ground in the underway fighting in rural southern Aleppo as regime troops and their Iranian militia, backed by Russian jets  expand a counter-offensive with support from Moscow's two-week-old air campaign.   Syrian Revolution Co-ordinations said...

Syrian troops and their allies, backed by Russian jets, attacked insurgent fighters south of Aleppo on Friday, a source in Syria and a monitoring group and activists said, as the army expands a counter-offensive with support from Moscow's two-week-old air campaign. "The military...