BEIRUT—Syria’s antigovernment rebels claimed a stunning advance into Aleppo, a major symbolic and strategic prize, in a setback for the government in Damascus and its allies Russia and Iran.

A UN resolution condemning the use of barrel bombs in civilian areas, has failed to stop the Syrian regime using them. Mark Kelly reports. Photo ...

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At the start of the new year, 115,000 Syrians had already returned home from Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey. In December, the ...

MOSCOW, September 15 /TASS/. Russian and Syrian warplanes have stopped bombing areas of possible location of opposition units, Lieutenant General Viktor Poznikhir, the first deputy head of the ...

The Syrian regime is willing to halt its attacks in Aleppo for six weeks to clear the way for implementing a local freeze, the UN mediator in the Syrian conflict said Tuesday. Speaking to ...

Israel bombed Syrian army positions south of Aleppo on Thursday, the latest such strikes since the overthrow of longtime strongman Bashar al-Assad, a war monitor and local residents said.

Russian forces have bombed more than 600 Syrian targets in the past few days, hitting Aleppo, Idlib, Latakia, Homs, and Hama, according to the Russian Ministry of Defence. Russia also claims to ...

The historic Baron Hotel in Syria’s Aleppo is dilapidated and damaged by years of war but still standing and ready for a revival, much like the city itself. Aleppo’s old city, designated a ...

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton agreed on the need to have no fly zones in Syria. But when Trump was asked about running mate Mike Pence’s comment last week that the United States should “use ...