At least 51 militants have been reportedly killed as rival terrorist groups clashed in Syria on the border with Iraq.
Two car bombs have killed at least 25 people, including women and children, in a government-held neighborhood of Syria's central city of Homs, state news agency SANA reports.
The Syrian army forces have regained control of the western city of Rankus in the country’s strategic Qalamoun region from foreign-backed militants, state media reports say.
The Syrian army has carried out an operation in the city of Douma near the capital Damascus, killing several militants, Al-Alam reports.
Syrian forces have stepped up their offensive against Rankous ahead of an operation to retake the town, one of the last rebel-held regions in the Qalamoun area.
Syrian army troops make fresh gains in their battle against foreign-backed militants in Latakia Province.
Iran has sent 30,000 tons of food supplies to the impoverished Syrians who have been suffering from an extremist-marked insurgency for three years, Syrian state media has reported.
The head of Syria's opposition National Coalition, Ahmad Jarba, is to hold talks later this month in China, a Syrian government ally, his office said on Tuesday.
The World Food Program has warned that Syrians battered by years of war are facing a major drought that could cut wheat production in the country's northwest breadbasket to a record low of 1.7 million to 2 million metric tons.
The Syrian government says country’s upcoming presidential vote will be held on time regardless of the massive foreign-charged insurgency that has gripped Syria for more than three years.