Fatah Army has fired nearly 400 rockets on two besieged Shiite villages in the northwestern province of Idlib and detonated at least nine car bombs, as regime air force steps up air attacks on Idlib, killing 17 people, a monitor said on Friday. The renewed attacks on the...

The newly-appointed leader of the powerful Islamist Ahrar al-Sham rebel group has vowed to defeat any planned Russian intervention in Syria during his inaugural public address.   “We owe it to you to restore freedom to Syria after the invasion of the rejectionists [Shiites] from all...

Syrian army jets carried out at least 25 air strikes on the Islamic State-held city of Palmyra on Friday, a group monitoring the war said, the second intense bombardment of territory held by the militants in two days. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it was one of the most...

Washington: The United States expressed concern Thursday that preparations for Myanmar's landmark elections have been undermined by moves to exclude Muslim minority candidates from the ballot. Myanmar will vote on November 8 in what many hope will be its most free vote in generations...