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Syrian government forces backed by Lebanon's Hezbollah took almost full control of a town just outside Damascus from Islamist rebels…

Islamic State insurgents have seized several towns and villages from rival Islamist groups in the Syrian province of Aleppo, opening…

Islamic State insurgents who seized a Lebanese border town this month planned to turn Lebanon into another Iraq by unleashing…

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has reappointed Wael al-Halaqi as prime minister, state media reported on Sunday.Assad was sworn in for…

Lebanon's leading Sunni politician Saad Hariri returned from self-imposed exile Friday on a trip to bolster the country's army as…

The Lebanese army and Islamist militants clashed on Wednesday despite a 24-hour ceasefire agreed to end five days of fighting…

Lebanese troops battled jihadists on the Syrian border on Monday in a third day of clashes, further engulfing the divided…

A fierce battle between Syrian Kurds and Islamic State jihadists has killed nearly 50 fighters from both sides as the…

The Western-backed National Coalition of Syrian opposition members said on Tuesday it had voted to force out its "interim government"…

Hezbollah and the Syrian branch of al Qaeda have fought a deadly five-day battle in Syria near the border with…