Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday pledged no let-up in Moscow’s bombing campaign against Islamic State jihadists, the Al-Nusra Front and other “terrorist groups... Read more

Damascus: UN convoys delivering aid to thousands of besieged Syrians were due to set out today, but hopes for lasting peace dimmed the day after Turkey called for a ground operation in its w... Read more

Munich: World powers today agreed an ambitious plan to cease hostilities in war-torn Syria, but the Munich deal left out the Islamic State group and al-Qaeda’s local branch, leaving an... Read more

Moscow: Russia on Thursday accused Turkey of actively preparing to invade Syria, saying it had spotted troops and military equipment on the border with the war-torn country. “We have s... Read more

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Syria needs to start working on a new constitution as a first step to finding a political solution to its civil war, though he acknowledged the... Read more

Damascus: At least 32 people were killed and 90 others were injured as twin bombings rocked Syria`s Al-Zahra` district of Homs city, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based... Read more

The UK’s bombing campaign against fighters in Syria of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) is illegal and will only cause the “cancer of terrorism” to spread, B... Read more

London: A monitoring group reports that around 18 people have been killed in a Russian airstrike on a Syrian town that has been held by insurgents. According to the Guardian, the Syrian Obse... Read more

Paris: French warplanes carried out fresh raids overnight against the Islamic State stronghold of Raqa in northern Syria, destroying a command centre and training centre, the defence ministr... Read more