BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was quoted on Friday as saying that the group formerly known as the Nusra Front carried out the bombing of a convoy of evacuees from two Shi'ite ...

Syrian troops and allied forces captured the city of Mayadeen from the Islamic State group on Saturday, state media said, in the latest blow to the jihadist group. “Units of our armed forces, in ...

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said Tuesday there is 'no obstacle' to a public meeting with Syrian officials. 'There is no ...

Some 120 Islamic State fighters and 60 foreign mercenaries were killed in a series of Russian air strikes in Syria over the past 24 hours, the defence ministry in Moscow said on Saturday. Puzzlingly, ...

A series of explosions was reported late Saturday in al-Mazzeh, the location of a large military airport near Damascus. The private, pro-regime news outlet al-Mayadeen originally reported that Israeli ...