ISIS controls more than half of Syria's territory after its westwards advance into the central city of Palmyra, an activist group monitoring the war said Thursday. The militant group, which already controlled wide tracts of land in Syria's north and east, captured the ancient city late on...

The Syrian government extended its intense aerial campaign against rebel-held areas in the Old City of Aleppo on Wednesday, conducting a series of airstrikes that killed a family of 7 members, a monitoring group said. The Syria Network for Human Rights said 7 victims including 3 children and 2...

(Reuters)-  ISIS militants stormed the Syrian city of Palmyra Wednesday, seizing it from government forces in fierce fighting as civilians fled and Syria's antiquities chief called on the world to save its ancient monuments. Syrian state television said pro-government fighters withdrew...

Jihadis from ISIS took control of the northern sector of Syria's historic city of Palmyra Wednesday, activists said. "ISIS fighters seized the northern parts of the city, which amount to a third of Palmyra," said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. "Regime...