MOSCOW, RUSSIA- All five people on board a Russian military helicopter that was shot down over Syria on Monday are believed to have died, the Kremlin said. The Russian defence ministry said the...
BEIRUT, LEBANON- At least 15 civilians were killed and dozens wounded in air strikes by a US-led coalition in Syria on Thursday, a monitor said. The strikes hit a northern town controlled by the...
THESSALONIKI, GREECE- A protest broke out in a migrant camp in northern Greece on Thursday after a young Syrian woman died from apparent heart failure, local police said. Dozens of Syrians living at...
ALEPPO, SYRIA, Karam al-Masri- Syria regime ally Russia on Thursday announced a "large-scale" aid operation to allow civilians and fighters to flee besieged Aleppo, as the president offered an...
BEIRUT, LEBANON- The head of Al-Nusra Front in Syria said his jihadist group was breaking ties with Al-Qaeda and changing its name, in remarks broadcast Thursday by Al-Jazeera. Abu Mohamad al-Jolani...
QAMISHLI, SYRIA, Delil Souleiman and Gihad Darwish- A massive bomb blast claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group killed at least 44 people and wounded dozens on Wednesday in the Kurdish-majority...
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, Agnès Pedrero- The UN's Syria envoy voiced hope Tuesday that peace talks could restart next month, as US Secretary of State John Kerry said there had been "progress" in efforts...
BEIRUT, LEBANON, Maya Gebeily- Rebel rocket fire hit central Damascus late Sunday after air raids struck four makeshift hospitals in Syria's battered city of Aleppo, jeopardising medical care for...
REUTLINGEN, GERMANY, Thomas Kienzle with Benoit Toussaint in Frankfurt- A Syrian refugee was arrested after killing a woman with a machete in the German city of Reutlingen, in an incident police said...
UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES- British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson came to the United Nations on Friday to deliver the message that Britain's vote to leave the European Union did not signal a...