The world's chemical weapons watchdog has begun on Saturday to examine details of Syria's chemical arsenal supplied by the regime, as rebels agreed a truce with jihadists in a key border town.
China urged a quick implementation of a landmark US-Russian deal to destroy Syria's chemical stockpile, as the Hague-based Organisation for the Prohibition ...
The main Western-backed militant group in Syria has admitted that it is being overpowered by foreign-backed Takfiri militants.
The so-called Syrian National Coalition, which has 15 representatives from the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA), published a statement on Friday, condemning measures taken by al-Qaeda-linked militants of the Islamic State ...
An al-Qaeda-linked militant group and the so-called Free Syrian Army have agreed on ceasefire in the northern Syrian town of Azaz after days of clashes.
The truce between the al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) and the Western-backed FSA was brokered by Liwa al-Tawhid, a powerful militant brigade loyal to the FSA.
The two ...
Fighting between al-Qaeda-linked extremists and another militant group in northern Syria prompts Turkey to shut one of its border gates with the Arab country.
On Thursday, Turkish border authorities temporarily closed the gate, located in the southern province of Kilis.
The gate was closed after militants from the al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State ...
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Fighters linked to al-Qaeda overrun a Syrian town near the border with Turkey after fighting broke out with units of the anti-government Free Syrian Army, opposition activists said.
Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on Wednesday stormed the town of Azaz, 5km from the Syrian-Turkish border, and killed at least ...
Al-Qaeda-linked militants have clashed with members of the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA) in the town of Azaz near Syrias border with Turkey.
After fighting with FSA forces on Wednesday, Takfiri militants overran the northwestern town, a former commercial and industrial hub located five kilometers (two miles) from the border.
The fighting was ...