Islamist-led rebels are pressing a major offensive in northern Syria in which they seized the second city Aleppo from the government for the first time since civil war erupted in 2011.

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Surge in strikes have strained truce between Israel and Hezbollah. While insurgents in Syria make fresh gains against forces ...

The U.S. military carried out a strike in self defense against weapon systems in eastern Syria, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, adding it was unrelated to the ongoing rebel advances in the country.

The Syrian government should engage in political dialogue amid the ongoing clashes with rebels, Turkish President Recep ...

The US and NATO-backed war for regime change in Syria, launched in 2011, has been revived. Turkey, Syria’s northern neighbour ...

Lebanon’s Health Ministry and state media say Israeli forces have carried out several new drone and artillery strikes in southern Lebanon, killing a shepherd ...

According to the source, government troops have advanced along the Atraya-Aleppo highway and approached the town of Khanasir, which was seized by Jabhat al-Nusra militants ...

The Syrian civil war has been heating up in recent weeks with rebel groups making significant gains in the northern part of ...

Chaos rarely takes a holiday in the Middle East, and the latest eruption is a renewed Islamist challenge to the Syrian regime ...

Last week, apparently catching the world by surprise, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rebels launched a surprise offensive against ...

Although the Pentagon has denied taking any part in the rebel offensive against Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, the USA does ...