U.S. troops based in Syria's southeastern desert have expanded their footprint, rebels there say, increasing the risk of direct ground confrontation between the Americans and Iran-backed pro-government forces. U.S. special forces have been based since last year at Tanf, a strategic Syrian...

Intensified coalition air strikes have killed at least 300 civilians in the Syrian northern city of Raqqa since March, as U.S.-backed forces close in on the stronghold of Islamic State forces, U.N. war crimes investigators said on Wednesday. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a group of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 8 people, including children, were killed in Syrian regime air strikes on a school sheltering displaced people in southern Daraa province, local activists said in an initial death toll. The Wednesday's strikes hit Tafas town in the western countryside of Daraa.  ...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)-   U.S.-led coalition air strikes killed a family of five members in Raqqa, backing Kurdish –led forces in the offensive to liberate the city from the Islamic State, local monitor said Wednesday. Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently said the US strikes hit the...