Islamic State jihadists advanced Monday to within five kilometres (three miles) of the key Kurdish town of Ain al-Arab on Syria's border with Turkey, a monitor said. The jihadists fired a volley of rockets that hit the town centre, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said,...

A senior Islamic State group jihadist was killed on Friday in an air strike in eastern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. "A coalition warplane fired on a motorbike with two men on it after it left a headquarters" of IS west of Deir Ezzor city in the province...

(Reuters) - Israel shot down a Syrian warplane on Tuesday, saying the aircraft crossed the battle lines of Syria's civil war and flew over the Israeli-held Golan Heights, perhaps by accident. The incident coincided with but did not appear to be directly related to air...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian opposition’s caretaker government on Thursday has dismissed two journalists working in media center over leaks allegations, source told Zaman al-Wasl. Mr. Ahmed To’meh, the outgoing Interim government prime minister, has...