Syrian warplanes attacked Islamist militants near the northern city of Aleppo on Sunday, both sides said, as the government tried to push back a insurgent advance in the area. Dozens of air strikes hit near the town of Khan Touman, which rebels took from forces loyal to the government and its...

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri urged rival jihadist fighters in Syria to unite or risk death but again decried fellow Sunni Muslim militants Islamic State as "extremists" in an audio recording posted online on Sunday. As successor to Osama bin Laden, Zawahri has the allegiance of al Qaeda...

(Zaman al-Wasl)- Leaders of Jaish al-Islam and Faylaq al-Rahman rebel factions signed two different proposals to name a group of personalities to resolve the dispute between the two factions in Eastern Ghouta suburbs near the capital. Leader of Jaish al-Islam Essam Buydani signed a proposal...

 (Zaman Al-Wasl)- Palmyra Coordination Committee released a statement and footage on Sunday stating that Russia established a military base in Palmyra to second Russian Hmeimim military base in Latakia Province. The Syrian Revolution Palmyra Coordination Committee said in the statement...