(Reuters)-  ISIS militants stormed the Syrian city of Palmyra Wednesday, seizing it from government forces in fierce fighting as civilians fled and Syria's antiquities chief called on the world to save its ancient monuments. Syrian state television said pro-government fighters withdrew...

   Fatah Army keep an eye on Bashar al-Assad's last stronghold in Idlib province, massing troops to capture mountainous town of Ariha, a day after the takeover of al-Mastouma camp. Ariha has been witnessing fierce clashes since three weeks on the enclaves of the town, but rebels'...

Kurdish forces backed by U.S.-led air strikes are pressing an attack on Islamic State in northeastern Syria that has killed at least 170 members of the jihadist group this week, a Kurdish official and a monitoring group said on Wednesday. The official said Kurdish YPG fighters and allied...

Airstrikes by a U.S.-led coalition against ISIS in northeastern Syria have killed around 170 jihadis in the past 48 hours, activists said Tuesday. "The jihadis were killed in the past 48 hours in the province of Hassakeh, nearly all of them in very intense airstrikes by the international...