Syrian militants have shelled the outskirts of the Hmeimim air base in northwest Syria, Russia's Defense Ministry said Monday. The air base was unaffected by the attack, the RIA news agency quoted the ministry as saying.

Damascus resumed air strikes on northwest Syria's Idlib Monday, a war monitor said, scrapping a ceasefire for the jihadist-run bastion and accusing its opponents of targeting an airbase of ally Russia. The northwestern region of some three million people is one of the last major centres of...

Turkish and American military officials have met for negotiations about establishing a safe zone in northeastern Syria to address Ankara's concerns about U.S-allied Syrian Kurdish forces in that region. The Turkish defense ministry tweeted on Monday that the meetings were taking place in...

After the fighting, Syrian farmer Abu Thaer returned to his farm to work. But he stepped on a landmine left behind by jihadists, changing his life for good. At a medical charity in Damascus, the 46-year-old from the southern province of Daraa lifts up his black track pants to reveal a...