Rebels on Friday have thwarted an ISIS attack on rebel-held town of Marea near the Turkish border where Ankara plans to set up a safe zone, rebel source told Zaman al-Wasl. Marea town, some 20 km (12 miles), south of the Turkish border, has witnessed intensified fighting between...

Kurdish militants set off a roadside bomb that killed four Turkish police officers as they traveled in an armored vehicle in the southeast of the country on Thursday, officials said. Militants of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have mounted daily attacks against security forces since a...

Russia is delaying the launch of an international investigation aimed at assigning blame for chemical weapon attacks in Syria, U.N. Security Council diplomats said on Wednesday, though Moscow's U.N. envoy said the holdup was for technical reasons. In a letter to the 15-nation council...

Syrian air force extended its deadly raids on rebel-held city of Douma near Damascus, killing 10 civilians, 6 women and 4 children, medics and a monitoring group said. The Syrian Network for Human Rights said 6 women and 4 children have been killed in regime air strikes on the stricken city...