Syria's pledge not to use indiscriminate weapons must be taken with "a grain of salt," the United States said on Thursday, noting there were nearly 1,500 barrel bomb attacks in October even though the country's government denies using them. Syria sent a statement to United...

(Al Jazeera)-  In Syria, the besieged town of Douma, 10km northeast of Damascus, has been under intense regime and Russian shelling for the past few weeks. One resident, Osama Nasser, describes what it is like to live there: It usually begins in the morning, at around 8am, and lasts all...

Washington (CNN)The U.S. official spearheading the fight against ISIS threw cold water on the idea of a no-fly zone in Syria Thursday, despite several presidential candidates advocating for the move. Speaking with CNN's Elise Labott on his last day in office, Gen. John Allen, presidential envoy...

 The Islamic State group on Thursday claimed a twin bomb blast that killed 41 people in a southern Beirut stronghold of the Shiite Hezbollah movement, in a statement posted online. The claim, which followed the usual format of IS official statements, said the first blast was caused by...