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...

Just under half of Russia's fixed-wing strike force based in Syria has flown out of the country in the past two days, according to a Reuters calculation which suggests the Kremlin is accelerating its partial withdrawal. President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered the bulk of the...

Kurdish-controlled areas of northern Syria were expected to imminently declare a federal system, a move likely to further complicate peace talks in Geneva on ending more than five years of war. Russia pulled more warplanes out of Syria, a new delivery of humanitarian aid reached...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia has withdrawn most heavy vehilces in Jebt Beit Ridha camp in Hama province late on Tuesday in an implement to the Russian President Vladimir Putin’s order of a partial withdrawal from Syria, local monitor told Zaman al-Wasl. Abu Sutaif al-Khatabbi, director of...