A monitor of Syria's war said on Saturday that rebel groups now control a majority of Aleppo city, reporting Russian air strikes on parts of Syria's second city for the first time since 2016. The rebels have pressed a lightning offensive against forces of the Iranian- and Russian-backed...

Syrian authorities closed Aleppo airport as well as all roads leading into the city on Saturday, three military sources told Reuters, as rebels opposed to President Bashar al-Assad said they had reached the heart of Aleppo. The opposition fighters, led by the opposition militant group Hayat...

Israeli strikes killed at least 12 Palestinians, including nine members of the same family, in northern and central Gaza, the Palestinian Authority’s official news agency WAFA reported early on Wednesday. The nine family members were killed in a strike targeting their apartment at the...

The explosion comes as an Israeli drone attack reportedly targeted a car and a truck near Syria’s border with Lebanon. A car explosion has killed one person in Syria’s capital Damascus, Syrian news agency SANA reported, without identifying the victim. “One person was killed when an...