BEIRUT, LEBANON- Fighting raging between rival Islamist rebel factions to control a key opposition stronghold near Damascus since late last month has killed more than 300 fighters, a monitor said on...

AMMAN, JORDAN- The US-led offensive to recapture the Iraqi city of Mosul from the Islamic State group is making progress, the top American envoy to the coalition said Sunday. IS had "returned to...

UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES- The UN Security Council expressed outrage on Thursday at attacks on civilians and medical facilities in Syria and warned they may amount to war crimes. Backed by...

DAMASCUS, SYRIA- An aid convoy was refused entry to Syria's Daraya Thursday, the Red Cross said, dashing hopes for the first such delivery since regime forces began a siege of the rebel-held town in...

DAMASCUS, SYRIA- Syria's currency hit its lowest value since the start of the country's five-year conflict on Sunday, having depreciated more than 92 percent, an economist said. "It's the first time...

BEIRUT, LEBANON- Syrian rebels on Sunday fired rockets into a regime-held district of Aleppo, killing three civilians and wounding 15, a monitoring group said. They were the first casualties since a...

BEIRUT, LEBANON, Layal Abou Rahal- Lebanese voters headed to the polls for the first time in six years Sunday for municipal elections including in Beirut, where a new grassroots campaign is taking on...

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, Katherine Haddon- Britain will admit a limited number of child refugees who have travelled alone from Syria to Europe, Prime Minister David Cameron announced Wednesday, in a...

MOSCOW, RUSSIA- Russia has foiled a string of plots ordered by "international terrorist organisations" active in Syria and Turkey, the FSB intelligence agency said Wednesday, adding that several...