Turkey's military said on Friday it was close to taking the northern Syrian city of al-Bab from Islamic State, a victory that would deepen Turkish influence in an area where it has created a de facto buffer zone. Al-Bab, an Islamic State stronghold 30 km (20 miles) from the border, has been...

Nine civilians were killed in overnight Turkish bombardment of a extremist-held town in northern Syria, activists said Friday, but Ankara said the shelling killed 13 "terrorists". Three women were among those killed in the artillery fire on Al-Bab, which Turkish-backed Syrian rebels have...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Airstrikes on the besieged al-Waer neighborhood in Homs city have renewed on Friday, killing two people, including a child, and wounded several more, activists said. 25 civilians, including at least 7 children and a woman, have been killed and 130 people have been wounded by...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A woman and her daughter have been wounded on Thursday as pro-regime militias step up artillery shelling on the mountains areas of Latakia province, activists said.   The shelling targeted villages of al-Najiya, Bdama, al-Kinda and Mara'nd in Jabal al-Turkman and Jabal...