The rise of Islamist groups fighting Syria's Western-backed rebels has emboldened the Syrian government and will make it harder to extract concessions from Damascus at any peace talks, a US official said on Monday.   The United States hopes to bring...

Bashar al-Assad forces targeted Monday parts of monument Krak des Chevaliers ,Qalaat al-Hosn, with 5 'Grad' missiles, Sham news network reported.    The rockets largely damaged the basic towers of the citadel, Sham reporter said, assuring it's not the first time...

The Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, has said that  "factors are not yet in place" for peace talks despite efforts by world powers to convene a meeting next month. In an interview with on Lebanon's Al-Mayadeen television, broadcast on Monday, Assad also said he desired a third term as...

A 12-year-old student armed with a handgun shot and killed a math teacher and critically wounded two classmates before killing himself at his Nevada middle school on Monday shortly before classes were due to begin, police said. Witnesses described a chaotic scene at the school in the...