Syrian regime forces backed by key ally Russia is mobilizing troops to launch a major offensive on Hama and Homs provinces, seeking to fortify the predominantly Alawite Ghab plain, a military source told Zaman Al Wasl on Monday. The source said the regime Army and allied troops from Hezbollah,...

At least 17 people on Monday were killed when Syrian regime warplanes targeted a marketplace in an ISIS-held town near the northern city of Aleppo, activists told Zaman Al Wasl. The deadly aerial campaign on al-Bab town left 17 people killed and dozens wounded, a few days since 120 people had...

Bashar al-Assad said the success of a military campaign by Russia, Syria and its allies was vital to save the Middle East from destruction, a day after Moscow said it would step up air strikes against Islamic State targets across Syria. A year-long air campaign by Western and...

Airstrikes by Russian jets hit targets around the town of Talbiseh in western Syria Sunday, residents and an activist group in Syria said, a day after Russia promised to step up its air campaign. Ambulances rushed wounded people to hospital in Talbiseh, north of the city of Homs, and one...