The Pentagon says a U.S. airstrike in Syria this month killed what the Defense Department describes as a senior al-Qaeda leader who once had ties to Osama bin Laden. A Pentagon spokesman, Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, identifies the target as Haydar Kirkan. The spokesman says Kirkan oversaw the...

Syrian rebels on Wednesday rejected Russian demands that they withdraw from Aleppo by Friday evening, an official in one insurgent faction said. "This is completely out of the question. We will not give up the city of Aleppo to the Russians and we won't surrender," Zakaria Malahifji of the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 8 civilians were killed on Wednesday when regime warplanes hit a marketplace in Saraqeb town in northern Idlib province, local media center said.

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian activists documented an experiments of a machine work to eject dense smoke in air as a method of defence against further Russian and Syrian regime air strikes.  The machine is considered a substitute to burning tyres, which residents, especially children kept...