A second group of rebel fighters trained in Turkey by the U.S.-led coalition could be deployed to Syria within weeks as part of a campaign to push Islamic State insurgents away from the border, diplomatic sources told Reuters on Friday. The United States and Turkey plan to...

Two rebel fighters were killed and three wounded on Sunday in regime air strike on Daraya, a poor Sunni community on the south-west outskirts of the capital, activists said. Rebels who announced 'Lahib Daraya' battle have made gains in the northern neighborhood of the town. In retaliation...

Eight U.S. military aircraft plus 300 accompanying personnel have arrived at Turkey's Incirlik Air Base, official sources said on Sunday. According to a report in Stars and Stripes, a U.S. military publication, the eight aircraft included six F-16 fighter jets, plus hundreds of...

The U.S. and Turkey are forging an alliance of convenience to deal with the Syrian crisis, cooperating to create a zone free of militants despite sharp disagreements over the role of Kurdish fighters. After several months of criticism that it was not doing enough to fight militants from ISIS,...