A senior Syrian rebel official denied a report on Friday that a ceasefire had been reached between rebels and government forces in the Wadi Barada area near Damascus, where bombardments have knocked out the capital's main water source. The government and allied fighters from the Lebanese group...

A senior Syrian rebel official denied a report on Friday that a ceasefire had been reached in the Wadi Barada area near Damascus where government forces and their allies are fighting rebels. Munir Sayal, head of the political wing of the Ahrar al-Sham rebel group, told Reuters the report...

U.S.-backed militias in Syria have captured an ancient citadel from Islamic State in a strategically significant advance against the jihadist group in its stronghold of Raqqa province, a spokesman said on Friday. The Jabar citadel on the banks of Lake Assad was captured by the Syrian...

General Security chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim has said two mediators were involved in the case of the ISIS-abducted Lebanese soldiers, one of whom is in Daesh’s (ISIS) Syrian stronghold of Raqqa. Ibrahim revealed in remarks to Al-Joumhouria newspaper Friday that the first negotiator was...