The Syrian army and its allies made new gains in Aleppo on Sunday, forcing rebels back into an ever shrinking pocket crammed with civilians, but lost control of the desert city of Palmyra to a swift Islamic State attack. Final victory in Aleppo, Syria's biggest city before the civil war,...

The Syrian regime army and its allies advanced on Sunday in southeast Aleppo and a rebel official said insurgents face "death or surrender" in an ever smaller enclave, with large numbers of civilians under very fierce bombardment. Russian and U.S. officials are meeting in Geneva on Sunday...

(Zaman Al Wasl)-The Russian and regime warplanes on Sunday extended its aerial bombing on the rebel-held province of Idlib, killing five people in the town of Maaret al-Nu’man and wounding several others in the southern countryside. Idlib Media Center explained that the warplanes launched...

 ISIS fighters have captured Palmyra castle overlooking the ancient city in eastern Syria, a news agency affiliated to the militants said Sunday. Heavy Russian airstrikes had pushed back the militants from inside the city hours after they captured it last Saturday in a surprise...