The U.S. effort to build a moderate Syrian opposition force that can stand up to Islamic State rebels is moving more slowly than expected due to complications vetting volunteers and bringing them out of Syria for training, the Pentagon said on Thursday. Army Colonel Steve Warren, a Defense...

(Reporting by Ahmad Primo; translation by Yusra Ahmed) Zaman al-Wasl has met with Saqer Abo Kotaiba, the commander of 'Fastakem Kama Omert', one of the key rebel formations in Aleppo, said rebels were able to regain many posts from the Islamic State, but ISIS got closer to the Infantry School...

Refugees seeking to return to the Syrian town of Tal Abyad after fleeing fighting there last week were stuck on the Turkish side of the border Thursday amid conflicting accounts over who closed the frontier. Turkish authorities said refugees were not able to cross because Kurdish People's...

Global aid agency Oxfam wants to double to three million the number of people it can reach inside Syria with water and hygiene projects, the head of Oxfam's British office said after meetings with officials in Damascus. Oxfam has been working with Syria's Ministry of Water...