(Reuters) - The effectiveness of the U.S.-led coalition effort in Syria is under scrutiny as Islamic State fighters try to overrun a strategic Syrian town on Turkey's border. The United States and its allies, including Gulf states, have conducted more than 130 airstrikes in Syria...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Syria has declared four chemical weapons facilities it hadn't mentioned before, a special representative of the U.N. secretary-general told the Security Council on Tuesday. The news heightened concerns that the Syrian government hasn't been fully open...

Reporting by Abdullah Al Ghadawi; Editing by Dani Murad (Zaman Al Wasl)- Despite Washington's official statements that the goal of the international coalitions strikes in Syria, is to defeat “Islamic State” without helping Assad's government, but since the bombing...

(Reuters) - As U.S. warplanes bomb his enemies in Syria's east, President Bashar al-Assad has set loose his own forces in the west, alarming Washington's few friends on the ground and potentially undermining the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State. U.S. President Barack...