Islamic State militants on Sunday blew up the temple of Baal Shamin, one of the most important sites in Syria's ancient city of Palmyra, said Maamoun Abdul Karim, the country's antiquities chief. The temple bombing would be the first time the insurgents, who control swathes of...

Syrian regime's devastating aerial campaign has extended on eastern suburbs of Damascus on Sunday, killing 30 people in less than 12 hours since 52 people had been killed in key town of Douma northeast the capital, activists and monitoring groups said. The Syrian Network for Human...

People of Zabadani town northwest Damascus, who fled the two-month-old offensive by Syrian forces and key ally Hezbollah militia, have been forced to leave neighboring towns of Bloudan and al-Mamoura under army threat to Madhaya and Bukin villages, activists said on Sunday warning of an imminent...

Hundreds of migrants crossed unhindered from Greece into Macedonia on Sunday after overwhelmed security forces appeared to abandon a bid to stem their flow through the Balkans to western Europe following days of chaos and confrontation. Riot police remained, but did little to...