Vladimir Putin used a rare visit to Moscow by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to talk up the Kremlin's potential to help broker a political settlement to the crisis as he tried to show the West Russia has become a major player in the Middle East. Assad flew to Moscow on...

At least 11 people have been killed Tuesday in northern province of Idlib in regime air strikes, activists and a monitoring group said as regime troops and their Shiite allies, backed by Russian jets continue a major assault north and west Syria. the Syrian Network for Human Rights said death...

Russian planes carried out 39 sorties and hit 51 Islamic State targets over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Sunday. The aircraft hit targets in Hama, Latakia, Damascus and Aleppo regions, it added, according to Reuters. Meanwhile, Fateh Aleppo, an alliance of Islamist...

Syrian rebels said Friday 20 troops loyal to Bashar al-Assad have been killed in the ongoing clashes in in northern and eastern countryside of Homs as well 15 others have been wounded and taken captive in an ambush. Regime troops and their Iranian ally, backed by Russian jets launch major...