Russian warplanes bomb ISIS targets, activists say

​Syrian anti-government activists say Russia carried out a third day of airstrikes Friday, possibly hitting ISIS for first time

• Oct 2, 2015

Will Russian airstrikes in Syria change U.S. policy?

Putin has stepped up Russian support to prop up Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, while Obama would like to see him taken down

• Oct 2, 2015

​U.S. complains to Russia about Syria airstrikes

Pentagon officials say Russian airstrikes are hitting places where few, if any, ISIS fighters are operating

• Oct 1, 2015

Russia accused of bombing U.S.-armed rebels

Syrian activists say 2 days of Russian airstrikes have hit opposition forces armed and trained by CIA

• Oct 1, 2015

U.S. and Russia back opposite sides in Syria war

Russian jets bomb anti-Assad fighters for 2nd day, but there are concerns Moscow's target choice could make the war worse

• Oct 1, 2015

U.S. casts doubt on Russian claims of targeting ISIS

Russia claims to launch first airstrikes on ISIS positions in Syria, but Pentagon chief says otherwise

• Sep 30, 2015

Iraqi militants unleash successful blitz near Syrian border

Sunni extremists capture more towns, two critical border crossings

• Jun 22, 2014
• 2:27

Russia claims to target ISIS in first strikes in Syria

Lawmakers quickly approve Putin's use of military and Russian fighter jets begin carrying out airstrikes, drawing U.S. calls for urgent "deconfliction"

• Sep 30, 2015

John Kerry on Afghanistan, Syria and Edward Snowden

Secretary of State John Kerry talks to the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts about withdrawing from Afghanistan, America's involvement in Syria's civil war and Edward Snowden's revelations

• May 28, 2014
• 4:30

Al Qaeda's resurrection: Are U.S. leaders coming to terms?

Flash Points: CBS News State Department Correspondent Margaret Brennan and CBS News Senior National Security Analyst Juan Zarate discuss assessment by Intelligence Director James Clapper that al Qaeda is merely “morphing” and not “on the run"

• Feb 11, 2014
• 4:34

The “new normal” for U.S. alliance with France

Flash Points: CBS News State Department Correspondent Margaret Brennan and CBS News Senior National Security Analyst Juan Zarate discuss the increasingly friendly nature of France’s relationship with the United States on the world stage

• Feb 11, 2014
• 4:30

Convoys targeted during Homs evacuation

Civilians began to emerge from the rubble during a three-day ceasefire negotiated by the U.N. to evacuate the Syrian city of Homs

• Feb 10, 2014
• 0:55

Syria misses deadline on chemical weapons handover

The U.S. believes the Assad regime is delaying the removal of chemical weapons in an effort to hold on to power

• Feb 5, 2014
• 1:25

Syrian child rescued from rubble recovering well

Last week, video emerged of a Syrian toddler being pulled from the rubble of a bombed building after a government strike in Aleppo. New video of the two-year-old, named Gina, shows she's recovering

• Jan 30, 2014
• 0:27

Syrian child found alive under rubble of bombed building

In Aleppo, Syria, a little girl was found under the rubble of a building in a rebel neighborhood that was bombed in a government air strike. It is unclear why the men chose to dig in that spot -- or how the child survived

• Jan 24, 2014
• 0:54

Barrel bombs: Syrian regime's diabolical new weapon

As the Syrian civil war continues to amass high numbers of civilian casualties, displace families and destroy entire cities, one family who fled to Turkey says their neighborhood was pulverized by barrel bombs

• Jan 24, 2014
• 2:25

Low expectations for Syria peace summit

Few expect international negotiators in Switzerland to broker an end to the bloody civil war in Syria, but they could move the ball forward

• Jan 23, 2014
• 4:00

Peace talks to end civil war in Syria begin in Switzerland

On Wednesday, the Assad regime and members of the opposition met for the first time since the brutal civil war began in Syria three years ago

• Jan 21, 2014
• 1:32

Photos appear to show torture, mass killings by Syrian government

A collection of thousands of photos taken by a Syrian defector appear to show abuse and murder of Syrian dissidents on a massive scale

• Jan 21, 2014
• 2:29

Syrian refugees suffer as rebel groups clash, delaying much-needed supplies

Heavy clashes between rival Syrian rebel groups mean much needed food aid and medical supplies aren't getting to the people who need them

• Jan 16, 2014
• 2:28

Middle East power vacuum provides opening for extremists

Ongoing chaos in the Middle East is creating a power vacuum that Islamic extremists are taking advantage of

• Jan 5, 2014
• 2:07

Iraqi cities at risk of capture by al Qaeda

The Iraqi cities of Ramadi and Fallujah, where American troops once fought desperate battles against al Qaeda, are in danger of falling back under control of the militants

• Jan 3, 2014
• 1:57

2013 flash points keep simmering at year's end

Between civil war in Syria, nuclear talks with Iran, and instability in North Korea, 2013 was an eventful and trying time on the global stage

• Dec 21, 2013
• 4:30

Syria: Foreign fighters -- many Islamic militants -- joining rebel cause

Foreign fighters from Libya, Iraq, and as far away as Europe, are pouring into Syria to join the rebel cause

• Dec 24, 2013
• 3:29

ISIS cashing in on selling plundered antiquities to fund terror

CBS News got the first look at ISIS' own records which were scooped up in a raid by U.S. special operations forces

• Sep 29, 2015

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