The Syrian government extended its intense aerial campaign against rebel-held areas in the Old City of Aleppo on Wednesday, conducting a series of airstrikes that killed a family of 7 members, a monitoring group said. The Syria Network for Human Rights said 7 victims including 3 children and 2...

 Malek Jandali may only have been alive for four decades but the award-winning composer insists he feels ancient, having revived some of the oldest melodies from his war-torn Syrian homeland. "I'm 8,000 years old," said the pianist, in the middle of a world tour he hopes will spread...

   Fatah Army keep an eye on Bashar al-Assad's last stronghold in Idlib province, massing troops to capture mountainous town of Ariha, a day after the takeover of al-Mastouma camp. Ariha has been witnessing fierce clashes since three weeks on the enclaves of the town, but rebels'...

Jihadis from ISIS entered the northern city limits of ancient Palmyra Wednesday, seizing a state security building after intense fighting, activists said. "The jihadis are once again in the north of Tadmur, after taking over the state security building," Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the...