Al Qaeda's Syria wing, the Nusra Front, backed by Islamist factions seized control of an ISIS-held town southwest Syria near the Occupied Golan Heights, a monitoring group said Monday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Nusra Front and Islamic factions have seize the town of...

 Syrian rebel forces are using Nazi-era artillery weapons, most likely looted from the stocks of President Bashar al-Assad’s army. In a video posted online this week, fighters from the armed opposition group Ahrar al-Sham can be seen loading a dusty howitzer during an attack on Ariha,...

  The Islamic State group has executed at least 217 people, including civilians, in the nine days since it captured areas in Syria's Homs province including the ancient city of Palmyra, a monitor said Sunday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it had documented the executions of...

 Hezbollah will not allow a single jihadi to remain on the outskirts of Lebanon's northeastern border town of Arsal, party chief Hasan Nasrallah said Sunday, vowing to push on with the Qalamoun offensive until the frontier with Syria is secure. Ignoring calls by his political rivals to...