Islamic State on Thursday stormed main gas plant in Homs province by grad missiles, leaving huge damage in the main gas supply of regime-controlled city, well-informed source told Zaman al-Wasl. Ebla gas plant, 45 km (30 miles) east Homs, feeds power plants of the city by 2 million cubic...

Syria's foreign minister said on Friday it was too early to hold another United Nations-backed peace conference on Syria, indicating the dim prospects for diplomacy as a U.N. envoy wraps up three months of consultations on the war. Walid al-Moualem also reiterated his...

Turkish warplanes pounded Islamic State targets in Syria and police detained hundreds of suspected militants across Turkey on Friday, a sign that Ankara may have shed its hesitancy in taking a front-line role against jihadist fighters. Turkey has long been a reluctant partner in...

An Australian nurse who claims he was forced to aid Daesh in Syria is expected to be arrested by Australian police following his return Friday. Adam Brookman, a Melbourne resident and father-of-five, reportedly travelled to Syria in early 2014 to offer his medic skills to aid people in the...