Three months into his military intervention in Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin has achieved his central goal of stabilizing the Assad government and, with the costs relatively low, could sustain military operations at this level for years, U.S. officials and military analysts...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian activists say regime forces set off explosives planted at a farm where Islamic rebel factions were gathering, killing 17fighters, AP reported. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the explosion took place late Saturday in the village of Kfar Shams...

Iraqi forces have totally encircled the government complex in Ramadi, the last stronghold of Islamic State militants in the western city, and are about to enter it, joint operations command spokesman Yahya Rasool told Reuters. "We're clearing the buildings and streets around the...

Russian air forces have not hit civilian targets since they started a bombing campaign in Syria nearly three months ago, a senior Russian officer said in an interview with Rossiya 24 television. London-based rights group Amnesty International said this week that Russia's bombing of Syria had...