Syria

The Syrian army and allied forces captured the last major town held by Islamic State in Aleppo province on Sunday, state media and a war monitoring group said, Reuters reported.State-run news agency SANA said army units made…

The founder of the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) news agency Amaq was killed in a U.S.-led coalition airstrike in eastern Syria, according to his brother and activists.ISIS has not confirmed the death of Rayan…

AFP - At least 33 people were killed in a US-led coalition strike on a school used as a centre for displaced people near a militant-held Syrian town, a monitor said on Wednesday (March 22).The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights…

BBC - Rebels have launched a new attack in east Damascus, two days after Syrian government forces repelled an initial assault.A rebel official said they had retaken ground in the Jobar district which they gained on Sunday but then…

The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said Russia was setting up a military base in northwestern Syria under a bilateral agreement and will help train its fighters - a step that would anger Turkey as it tries to block Kurdish gains near its…

BBC - Syrian security forces have engaged in fierce clashes with rebels on the eastern outskirts of Damascus.Artillery shells and rockets landed in the heart of the capital as part of a surprise rebel attack launched in the Jobar…

USA Today - Syria claimed it shot down an Israeli war plane and struck another Friday after four of the aircraft violated Syrian airspace. However, Israel dismissed the reports that any of its jets were hit.The incident is a rare…

BBC - Dozens of people have been killed or injured in a suicide bomb attack at the main court complex in the Syrian capital Damascus, state media report.State TV said a militant had blown himself up inside the Palace of Justice in…

The Guardian - The number of children maimed, killed or recruited to fight in the Syria conflict has increased dramatically over the past year, with children as young as seven forced to act as frontline fighters, prison guards, suicide…

Two explosions killed more than 40 people in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Saturday in an attack that seemed to target Shiites visiting holy sites from Iraq.There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but…

Washington Post - Marines from an amphibious task force have left their ships in the Middle East and deployed to Syria, establishing an outpost from which they can fire artillery in support of the fight to oust the Islamic State from…

Bloomberg - The U.S. and Russia have found themselves teaming up for the first time in the war in Syria -- against a country both call an ally: Turkey.In Manbij, a town in northern Syria about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the…

CNN - At least 1,000 ISIS militants were killed or wounded by government forces and Russian aircraft as the Syrian military recaptured the city of Palmyra and surrounding areas from ISIS, Lt. Gen. Sergei Rudskoy of the Russian Ministry…

BBC - A plane believed to be a Syrian military aircraft has crashed near the border between Syria and Turkey, Turkish officials say.A Syrian army source said the air force had lost contact with a fighter jet near the border, state…

CNN - Some of America's most critical allies in the fight against ISIS have made a deal to cede territory to Russian and Syrian government troops in northern Syria, the Pentagon confirmed Friday.The Manbij Military Council, a key US…

BBC - Syrian government forces have entered the ancient city of Palmyra, pushing back militants from so-called Islamic State (IS), activists say.The troops and their allies, backed by Russian air strikes, have reportedly seized part…

BBC - UN human rights investigators say Syrian civilians fell victim to war crimes committed by all parties during the battle for Aleppo last year.Daily air strikes by Syria's government and its ally Russia claimed hundreds of…

Mirror.UK - Al-Qaeda's number two Abu al-Khayr al-Masri has been killed in a US drone strike in Syria, it is being reported.Also known as Ahmad Hasan Abu al-Khayr al-Masri, he served as a deputy to the terror group's leader, Ayman…

UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura considers a "horrific terrorist attack" in the Syrian city of Homs on Saturday an attempt to derail the peace talks taking place in Geneva, his office said in an emailed statement."Spoilers are…