(Daily Mail)- Al-Qaeda has confirmed their second-in-command Abu Khayr al-Masri was killed by a US drone strike.  The attack in Idlib, north west Syria last week, is believed to have been carried out using a new type of munition using a far lower explosive yield to reduce civilian...

Syrian warplanes carried out airstrikes in Homs and in the western Qalamoun region on Thursday, a military media unit run by the regime's ally Hezbollah reported. The eight airstrikes in the rebel-held al-Waer in Homs killed seven people and caused injuries, it said. Although Homs, an...

ISIS fighters withdrew from much of the Syrian oasis city of Palmyra overnight, activists said Thursday, but government forces paused before entering its ravaged ancient ruins because of mines. Russian-backed Syrian troops pushed into a western neighborhood of the city late Wednesday...

Syrian government aircraft deliberately bombed and strafed a humanitarian convoy, killing 14 aid workers and halting relief operations, U.N. investigators said on Wednesday in a report identifying war crimes committed by both sides in Syria's war. Syrian and Russian forces conducted...