Syrian regime is launching a major assault in the northern province of Aleppo, seeking in part to cut off rebel access to Aleppo city, a security source told AFP. "Through its operations, the army is trying to broaden its security zone around the city," and prevent the rebels from...

The U.N. Children's Fund UNICEF on Friday confirmed cases of severe malnutrition among children in the besieged western Syrian town of Madaya, where local relief workers reported 32 deaths of starvation in the past month. A mobile clinic and medical team of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent was on...

(Zaman Al Wasl- Reuters)- Nabil Abdul latif al-Fadli, a Saudi-born Syrian who killed 10 German tourists in a suicide bombing in Istanbul, was planning a major attack on New Year's Eve celebrations in Ankara but changed targets after the plot was foiled, two senior Turkish officials have told...

The U.S. military said Friday eight civilians likely were killed and three wounded in airstrikes against ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria between April 12 and July 4 last year. It was only the third time since the start of the U.S.-led air campaign against ISIS in 2014 that the U.S. military's...