Syrian army forces are making preparations for a major anti-terrorist operation against al-Qaeda-linked groups in Rif Dimashq near the capital.
Kurdish fighters have successfully pushed back al-Qaeda militants from seven villages near the southern border of Ras al-Ayn in north of Syria.
The Syrian army continues to push back foreign-backed militants fighting against the government on the outskirts of the capital Damascus.
A car bomb in the suburbs of the Syrian capital city of Damascus has killed at least 10 people.
Al-Qaeda's active branch in Syria has attacked a group of its former partners from the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA) militants in Bani Zaid area in northwestern Syria.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says numerous attempts have been made to distort the meaning of the Geneva 2 peace talks on Syria aimed at ending the deadly war in the Arab country.
Following several weeks of heavy fighting with militants, the Syrian army has taken full control of a strategic town near Aleppo in the north of the country.
A senior commander of the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA) says Israeli intelligence services has been helping some Syrian military defectors to be trained in order to hold posts in the Syrian military after the government falls.
Proposals to end the Syrian conflict that ignore President Assad are not feasible, Russia’s Prime Minister says.
Russia says that most of Syria's chemical weapons may be taken out of the country for destruction because of the violence raging between militant groups and President Bashar al-Assad's government.