Syrian government troops backed by Russian air power moved to within 25 km (15 miles) of an Islamic State-held town in Raqqa province on Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, as state media reported air strikes against the jihadists in the area. In a separate simultaneous...

 President Bashar al-Assad vowed on Tuesday to fight on in what he called Syria's war against terrorism, showing no sign of compromise in his first major address since peace talks broke down in April. Assad said he would win back "every inch" of Syria and said Aleppo would be a graveyard...

Reporting by Omar la-Sheikh Mohamed; Translation by Rana Abdul (Eqtsad)- After a month of it being banned, products and basic staples have returned to entering Daraa’s western countryside which is under control of Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade, an Islamic State-linked group, after the rebel...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 32 people, including women and children, were killed in Russian air strikes on the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, activists said Monday. The strikes have targeted the town of al-Eshara in new escalation for aerial bombing on the ISIS-held areas east of...