Syrian pro-government forces have pushed deeper into rebel-held eastern Aleppo, forcing civilians to flee to southern neighbourhoods to escape the onslaught as the regime pressed an assault to recapture the entire city. Recapturing east Aleppo would be the government's biggest victory yet in...

The Syrian regime has demanded rebels pull out of East Aleppo and and civilians leave the area, as Damascus continued with an offensive to recapture the city's opposition-held sector. The army, which has besieged the east for months, also demanded that rebels distribute food to civilians,...

More than 1,000 Iranian fighters have been killed in Syria since Tehran began its intervention in the country to support the Assad regime five years ago, an Iranian official announced Tuesday. "The total number of casualties sustained so far now exceeds 1,000," Mohamed Ali Shahidi Mahallati,...

Russian tankers have smuggled jet fuel to Syria through EU waters, bolstering military supplies to a war-torn country where Moscow is carrying out air strikes in support of the government, according to sources with knowledge of the matter. At least two Russian-flagged ships made deliveries -...