Clashes between Syrian regime forces and jihadists Monday killed more than 26 fighters in the country's northwest, which has seen an escalation in shelling and air strikes, a monitor said. Eleven pro-government fighters were among those killed in fierce fighting in the northern countryside...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 9 Kurdish fighters killed by explosive devices in the northeastern province of Hasaka, Islamic State’s news agency said Monday. The first explosive device went off in vehicle carrying five Asayish forces near the town of al-Hol, east of Hasaka city,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Ammar al-Sheikh Haidar, former detainee and political dissident, has decided to go on a silent hunger strike and to sit in front of the Canadian consulate in Istanbul on Monday to protest against the freezing of his settlement file.  “I am no more than a burden...

Syrian rebels backed by Turkey said on Monday that Moscow and its Syrian government ally were trying to wrest control of two major highways in their last enclave in the northwest of the country in a bid to shore up Syria’s sanction-hit economy. The sixth day of the campaign by...