BATTLE OVER ALEPPO IS OVER RUSSIA SAYS AS EVACUATION DEAL REACHED

While pro-government forces were moving in, United Nations officials said they were receiving multiple reports of execution-style killings... READ MORE›

ISIL VIDEO SHOWS 'TURKISH SOLDIERS BURNED ALIVE'

Turkey reportedly blocks social media after release of ISIL video showing two Turkish soldiers being burned alive... READ MORE›

US OFFICIALS SAY RUSSIA PROBABLY ATTACKED UN HUMANITARIAN CONVOY

The convoy, escorted by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, was among the first to try to deliver humanitarian aid to rebel-held areas under the cease-fire agreement... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN CRUISE MISSILES HELP SYRIANS GO ON THE OFFENSIVE

Some Free Syrian Army groups have been hit in Russian strikes... READ MORE›

ISIS MAKES GAINS IN SYRIAN AREA BOMBED BY RUSSIA

He said the Free Syrian Army could not hold off the Islamic State by itself... READ MORE›

STRIKES AND VIOLENCE RAISE FEARS OF NEW SYRIAN MIGRANT CRISIS

For those who are internally displaced, roughly eight million people, the decision to stay in Syria was becoming increasingly untenable... READ MORE›

HOW AN AID CONVOY IN SYRIA

Before Red Cross and United Nations offices received the news that the convoy had been hit... READ MORE›

Assad remain convinced that, as Syrian officials have long predicted, the international community will eventually quietly seek his government's intelligence cooperation against ISIS... READ MORE›

RIVALS OF ISIS ATTACK US-BACKED SYRIAN REBEL GROUP

The Nusra Front's statement offered its view of the American role in Syria... READ MORE›

AID CONVOY ATTACKED AS SYRIA DECLARES CEASE-FIRE OVER

The United States called the episode a mistake, but the Syrian government called it proof that Washington was siding with terrorists... READ MORE›

AFTER LOSSES IN SYRIA AND IRAQ, ISIS MOVES THE GOAL POSTS

To soften the symbolic blow, the Islamic State switched rhetorical gears, declaring that the real Dabiq battle would come some other time... READ MORE›

IN A FIRST RUSSIA LAUNCHES SYRIA STRIKES FROM IRAN

The Russian planes must obtain permission to cross Iraqi airspace to reach Syria... READ MORE›

SYRIA AND RUSSIA CONTINUE COORDINATED ASSAULT

Russian and Syrian airstrikes also continued for a second day in Al Bab and other areas of eastern Aleppo Province, undisputed Islamic State territory... READ MORE›

ATTACKS SHOW EVOLUTION IN ISIS TARGETS OFFICIALS SAY

A Belgian counterintelligence official said the Islamic State operated cells like Mr. Abaaoud's based on language ties, such as a francophone group... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN INTERVENTION IN SYRIAN WAR HAS SHARPLY REDUCED US OPTIONS

Suddenly, Mr. Assad and his allies have momentum, and the United States-backed rebels are on the run... READ MORE›

TURKEY EXPRESSES CONCERN TO US AND RUSSIA OVER HELP FOR SYRIAN KURDS

Perhaps more significant in the long run is the potential competition between Russia and the United States for the allegiance of the Syrian Kurds... READ MORE›

Assad remain convinced that, as Syrian officials have long predicted, the international community will eventually quietly seek his government's intelligence cooperation against ISIS... READ MORE›

U.N. PANEL FAULTS SYRIAS MILITARY FOR CHEMICAL ATTACK

UN Panel Faults Syrias Military for Chemical Attack... READ MORE›

ISIS FUEL EMBARGOTHREATENS SYRIASMEDICAL CENTERS

International aid groups sounded the alarm on Thursday about Syrian government attacks on medical facilities in opposition-controlled areas... READ MORE›

SYRIANS FLOCK TO BORDER TO ESCAPE EXTERMINATION

KILIS, Turkey -- Tens of thousands of Syrians who were running for their lives piled up near the border crossing with Turkey here on Monday... READ MORE›

UN SAYS 50 WERE KILLED IN STRIKES ON SYRIA HOSPITALS

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Airstrikes hit four hospitals in rebel-held northern Syria on Monday, including child and maternity facilities, international aid officials and witnesses reported... READ MORE›

SYRIAN KURDS HOPE TO ESTABLISH A FEDERAL REGION IN COUNTRYS NORTH

But Syrian Kurds have always stressed that they want only the right to local autonomy in Syria... READ MORE›

SIGNS OF HOPE FIVE YEARS AFTER START OF SYRIAS WAR

At the same time, there have been indications of new Russian pressure on the Assad government... READ MORE›

SYRIAN OPPOSITION GROUPS SENSE US SUPPORT FADING

Still, he warned that even if the government routs rebels from northern Aleppo Province, it would not end the conflict... READ MORE›

SENIOR ISIS STRATEGIST AND SPOKESMAN IS REPORTED KILLED IN SYRIA

Accounts from arrested members of the Islamic State confirmed Mr. Adnani's role as an operational leader as well... READ MORE›

WESTERN POLITICIANS DOUBT RUSSIA WILL RESPECT CEASE-FIRE IN SYRIA

That provision would allow Russian and Syrian forces to continue airstrikes over parts of Aleppo, where Nusra fighters are thought to be present... READ MORE›

IN SYRIA BATTLES FOR ALEPPO SEEM AS ENDLESS AS THE WAR ITSELF

For the Syrian government, the rebels' swift breaking of the siege exposed the limits of its forces, who have become heavily dependent on foreign allies... READ MORE›

SYRIAN TROOPS PUSH DEEP INTO ALEPPO; AIRSTRIKES KILL DOZENS IN IDLIB PROVINCE

If the government manages to seize all of Aleppo, it will control Syria's five largest cities... READ MORE›

GOVERNMENT IN SYRIA AND SOME REBEL GROUPS AGREE TO PARTIAL CEASE-FIRE

The government also announced that parliamentary elections would be held on April 13, despite the fact that insurgents hold much of several provinces... READ MORE›

PARTIAL TRUCE IN SYRIA IS SAID TO EXTEND TO ALEPPO

He singled out the Syrian government for denying permits to health workers to immunize children... READ MORE›