The top US general in the Middle East has said he disagrees with President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from Syria. Talking to CNN, Gen Joseph Votel said that Islamic State militants are still active in Syria and US-backed forces are not yet capable of handling the threat alone. He told the ...

Ankara: A US military delegation will visit Turkey this week to discuss the withdrawal of American ground forces from Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman said. "They will discuss how to coordinate (the withdrawal) with their counterparts," Ibrahim Kalin told a news conference in ...

In Syria, government troops repelled an attack by a millitant group, Nusra Front in southern de-escalation zone and killed seventy militants. In a press release, Russian Defense Ministry said there were no deaths on the Syrian side. The ministry said a temporary de-escalation zone was established ...

Syria's state news agency says government forces have captured four villages east of the Euphrates River in the eastern province of Deir el-Zour. SANA says the villages were held by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, adding that they are close to the provincial capital also called Deir ...

Syrian state media say government forces and their allies are pressing an offensive against members of the Islamic State group in southern Damascus. State-run al-Ikhbariya TV says the aim of Monday's government push is to isolate IS in the southern Damascus neighborhood of Hajar Aswad from nearby ...

In Syria, government forces have captured the town of Kafr Batna and large parts of nearby Saqba in eastern Ghouta. The new push by the government forces has squeezed the rebels in a small corner. The capture of Kafr Batna and Saqba is a major blow to the rebels since they were among their largest ...

In Syria, government forces have captured the town of Kafr Batna and large parts of nearby Saqba in eastern Ghouta. The new push by the government forces has squeezed the rebels in a small corner. The capture of Kafr Batna and Saqba is a major blow to the rebels since they were among their largest ...

Syrian television says the country's military has recaptured a strategically important town in the northwestern province of Idlib in its latest advance into rebel-held territory this year. The state-affiliated Al-Ikhbariya TV says government forces took Sinjar on Sunday. The Britain-based Syrian ...

In Syria troops are preparing for a major battle to liberate the Islamic State group's stronghold of Raqqa.Turkish troops and their Syrian militia allies, and U.S.-backed Kurdish forces all have their eye on the city.Each vehemently rejects letting the others capture the city and would likely react ...

In Syria, Islamic State militants have launched a new offensive on government-held areas in the contested eastern city of Deir el-Zour.There are reports of intense fighting on Saturday between Syrian troops and IS members in the city and in the vicinity of a nearby military airport controlled by ...