Determination to stamp out perceived Kurdish threat on border may lead to clash with NATO ally America.

The Syrian army has recaptured Deir El-Zour at the heart of its oil-producing region, but there is little worth saving among the ruins ISIL leaves behind.

A day after declaring Raqqa under their control, US-backed Syrian militia say clearing operations are still underway in the city. Once seen as

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) echoed the Islamic State’s ‘donut stunt’ after liberating Raqqa, Syria from the militants on October 17. The stunt was previously performed by the Islamic State (ISIS) when they captured Raqqa three years earlier. 

Syrian troops with Russian air power capture al-Jafra district in Deir al-Zor

US-backed fighters in eastern Syria have announced a new offensive against the so-called Islamic State.

Syria claims Israeli jets struck a military base. Monitoring group claims the site was a chemical weapons facility.

Civilians remain in extreme danger in Syria from all sides in conflict says latest UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria.

Syrian forces make a breakthrough in ISIL stronghold Deir al-Zor, where thousands have been trapped since 2014.

Syrians fleeing Raqqa say a lack of resources and the grueling summer heat are making life increasingly hard. At one refugee camp, north of the

The brutal fight for Raqqa

In Syria, at least 19 people have been killed in Damascus after a suicide bomber blew up his vehicle in the city. State TV said around a dozen

Paulo Sergio Pinheiro said most of the victims in the attack were killed with conventional and not chemical weapons during an airstrike on a hospital.

The last rebels in the town of Zabadani near Damascus in Syria have either departed for insurgent-held regions or accepted government rule.

The town is a key point on the army's route to the city of Hama.

Hundreds more American soldiers join the battle against ISIL militants in Syria

With all the protagonists in the Syrian conflict facing each other in al-Bab, anti-ISIL forces are struggling to maintain unity as they attempt to retake the town from the Islamic militants.

ISIL stronghold of Al-Bab is surrounded, a monitoring group says. The UN issues a report claiming the jihadist group is 'militarily on the defensive.'

Days before the start of talks on the Syria conflict in the Kazakh capital Astana, fighting continues in a number of places.