The Syrian Democratic Force (SDF), a new Western-backed rebel alliance, continued its progress against the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria's al-Hasakah province near the Iraqi borders on Sunday, a monitor group reported.
U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would block Syrian and Iraqi refugees from entering the United States unless they pass strict background checks.
In parallel with its military involvement against the terror groups in Syria, Moscow is also trying to help make a breakthrough in the stalemated political process in Syria so as to bring an end to the long-running conflict in the war-torn country, analysts say.
Syria's Minister of Information Omran al-Zoubi said Tuesday that the recently waged military offensive by the Syrian and Russian army against the jihadi groups has no specific timeframe or place, an indication that the war on the terror group could drag on indefinitely.
U.S. defense chief Ash Carter said on Tuesday the United States would not cooperate with Russia in the fight against the extremist group, the Islamic State (IS).
United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura on Monday said he regretted the Syrian National Coalition's (SNC) decision to pull out of proposed talks between warring factions, adding he hoped their stance may yet evolve.
Top officials of the Obama administration on Thursday cautioned that "gaps" remain in their ability to screen Syrian refugees whom the White House had pledged to accept.
Russian nighttime cruise missile strikes targeted and destroyed several positions of the Islamic State (IS) militants in three Syrian provinces, the official Syrian news agency SANA reported Wednesday, citing a military source.
As Muslims are preparing to celebrate the traditional festival Eid al-Adha, or Feast of Sacrifice, thousands of Syrian refugees gathered in Turkey's western border city of Edirne, shouting desperately again and again "We want to cross the border!"
Former CIA Director David Petraeus told U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday that the United States should establish enclaves inside Syria.
Only "four or five" U.S. -trained Syrian rebels are currently in Syria to fight against the extremist group the Islamic State (IS), a top U.S. general acknowledged Wednesday.
French air strikes on Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria would be "necessary," said French Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Tuesday, adding surveillance mission over the conflict-torn Arab country would last as long as needed.
U.S. President Barack Obama has asked his administration to open the door to at least 10,000 Syrian refugees in the next fiscal year, the White House said Thursday.
At least four countries in Latin America, including Chile, Brazil, Venezuela and Paraguay, have expressed their willingness to take in more refugees from the Middle East.
The Pentagon is considering an overhaul of its botched training program for Syrian rebels against the extremist group the Islamic State (IS), a New York Times report said on Monday.
Many Syrians took part in sit-ins held Tuesday in several Syrian cities, calling for the break of the siege imposed by the rebels on two Shiite towns in northwestern Syria, a monitor group reported.
At least 70 rebels were killed and 40 others wounded by Syrian airstrikes in Latakia Wednesday, amid ongoing military showdown near the area of Ghab Plains, the state-run SANA news agency and a monitor group reported.
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