The al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front has withdrawn from frontline positions against Islamic State north of Aleppo and ceded them to other rebels, leaving an area of northern Syria where Turkey wants to establish a buffer zone. A Nusra Front statement dated Sunday criticized a Turkish-U.S....

Fatha Army fighters have regained control of several villages in northwest Syria from government forces and have advanced beyond them, edging closer to a coastal stronghold of President Bashar Assad, a monitoring group and other sources said on Sunday. The insurgents launched a...

 The Fatah Army on Friday has seize a new village in Sahl al-Ghab plain, an advance follows a week of gains, activists said while regime supporters lament 27 soldiers killed in the battles. In less than one week, key Islamist rebel group was able to regain villages and hills from regime...

Syrian army artillery has killed a family of 5 members in the mountainous town of Madhaya near the stricken city of Zabadani on the Lebanese border, activists said on Saturday. Meanwhile, thousands of families fled Zabadani and neighboring villages as fighting between Assad forces backed...