The Syrian military has recently started using new types of air and ground weapons supplied by Russia, a Syrian military source told Reuters on Thursday. The source described the weapons as highly accurate and effective, adding that the army had started using them in recent weeks having been...

A medical crew in the besieged border town of Zabadani west of Damascus has appealed to human rights organizations and world powers for an immediate intervention to safe lives of civilians trapped in the town that has been under devastating attack by Syrian regime army and key ally Hezbollah...

The United States has identified a small number of Russian helicopters at a Syrian airfield, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, the latest addition to what Washington believes is a significant Russian military buildup in the country. One of the officials said four helicopters had been...

Hundreds of Syrians and other migrants thronged a small park in central Istanbul on Wednesday, hoping for a last chance to reach Europe before poor weather makes their favored route from Turkey to Greece too dangerous to undertake. "It is time to go, while the door to Europe is...