One Syrian was killed and nine others were injured on Thursday when mortar fire struck the Russian embassy in Damascus, the foreign ministry said in a statement.   It added that no Russian nationals were hurt in the attack by suspected rebels and that the building suffered...

Since 2011, large numbers of European Muslims have gone to Syria to fight with the rebels. But exactly how many are they, and which countries are providing most of the fighters? The question matters because some of these foreign fighters may return to perpetrate attacks in the West, and Western...

 Syrian peace talks planned for January must put in place a timeframe for a transitional government and should not involve any opposition group other than the National Coalition, Gulf Arab foreign ministers said. In a statement issued on Wednesday after they met in Kuwait,...

Al-Qaeda affiliates have involved in internal skirmishes over merits in Raqqa city, east Syria.   Field sources said that The State of Iraq and The Levant and its rival Jabhat al-Nusra went through in-between clashes this week over a building to make it a military...