United Nations Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura said Tuesday he hopes peace talks to end more than five years of brutal conflict in the country can resume late next month. "Our aim is to proceed with a third round of intra-Syrian talks towards the end of August," de Mistura told reporters...

Syrian regime forces on Tuesday seized a rebel-held neighbourhood on the northwest outskirts of Aleppo, tightening their siege of the opposition-held parts of the city, a monitor said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said loyalist troops had full control of the Leramun...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- A member of pro-Syrian regime Baath Battalions militia was killed by Asayish, the Kurdish security forces, in the northeastern city of Hasaka on Monday, such an act that has sparked tensions between the two factions, activists said. Activist...

Air raids have hit four makeshift hospitals in Syria's battered Aleppo city, doctors said Sunday, jeopardising medical care for more than 200,000 desperate civilians in rebel-held areas. The bombardment since Saturday has worsened the plight of residents of besieged eastern neighbourhoods of...