Syrian state TV has said that the army recaptured major parts of the historic and strategic city of Palmyra as battles rage between Syrian army troops and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters. Syria's state news agency, SANA, reported on Friday that the army, backed by...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade, an Islamic State-linked group operating in southern province of Daraa, took Thursday a key town and encircled another in the western countryside, sources said. Yramouk Martyrs and its allied group al-Muthanna Movement launched major attack on...

  Syrian government forces fought their way into Palmyra on Thursday as the army backed by Russia n air cover sought to recapture the historic city from Islamic State (IS) insurgents, Syrian state TV and a monitoring group said. The Syria n army earlier this month launched a...

Secretary of State John Kerry, ahead of a meeting with Vladimir Putin, said the United States and Russia must work together to end the war in Syria despite their differences, and called for a further reduction in violence and more aid deliveries. Russia and the United States...