US secretary of state says jihadist group stronger today than 3-4 years ago in some areas, but loss of territory has hampered their ability to carry out attacks

Withdrawal of jihadist group from Khan Sheikhoun in country's northwest marks significant loss, weakening opposition's grip on Idlib, its last major stronghold

Damascus says attack targeted Masyaf area in western Homs, which has been repeatedly bombed in sorties attributed to Israel

Damascus says proposal 'serves Turkey's expansionist ambitions,' accuses Kurds of becoming tools

Breast cancer survivor praises support she received from her children, her parents and her husband, who has overseen the brutal repression and slaughter of his people

Cause of explosion not yet clear; Shayrat airbase one of the regime's most important installations in center of country

30-year-old Sam Goodwin had been trying to visit every country in the world when he went missing in war-torn country

Discussing region's future, Jerusalem and Washington said to have insisted Tehran's exit from Syria would solve nothing if the problem merely moved to another Arab state

Russian leader invites PM to visit Moscow next year to mark 75th anniversary of the end of World War II

As many as 800 people, many of them victims of Islamic State, could be buried in total, local official says