Russian forces have begun participating in military operations in Syria in support of government troops, three Lebanese sources familiar with the political and military situation there said on Wednesday. The sources, speaking to Reuters on condition they not be identified, gave the most...

Syrian regime forces have pulled out of a major air base in northwestern Syria, state television said on Wednesday, after a two-year siege by Islamist-led insurgents, increasing pressure on government-held coastal areas north of Damascus, Reuters said. A group monitoring the war...

(Reporting by Abdul Hadidh al-Houlani; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Syrian refugees in Lebanese border town of Arsal have nothing left more than memories of their life in Syria. They can not treat their guests with a cup of coffee, or give their dead a dignified burial and funeral, Izz...

Indications of increased Russian involvement in Syria in support of President Bashar al-Assad are prompting a reassessment in Israel about how to handle fall-out from the conflict without risking a clash with Moscow. Since the Syrian civil war began in 2011, Israel has occasionally fired...