U.S. Central Command chief General Kenneth McKenzie said on Saturday there are 500 U.S. personnel in east Syria, adding he expected anti-Islamic State operations to pick up in coming days and weeks. McKenzie was speaking on the sidelines of the Manama Dialogue Conference in Bahrain.

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 10 civilians were killed 20 others wounded in a car bomb attack in the northern Syrian border town of Tal Abyad, local activists said Saturday.  .The attack is the second in a month. On November 2, 13 people were killed by a car bomb in Tal Abyad...

Fatma, a 11-year-old displaced girl hopes she can get treatment like every burned child in the war-torn country. Fatma’s doctor Yusuf Sheikhouni says she needs facelifts for hands, eyes and ears as well as she needs a silicon mask and an artificial hair transplant.  ...

Kazakhstan will host a fresh round of Syria peace talks sponsored by Russia, Turkey and Iran on December 10-11, Kazakh foreign minister Mukhtar Tleuberdi told reporters on Friday. Tleuberdi provided no details about the agenda or participants in the talks.