U.S.-backed forces are slowing down their offensive against the last Islamic State pocket in eastern Syria to protect civilians who remain there, a spokesman for a militia force said on Monday, adding that the battle would still “be over soon”. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels launched a surprise attack on an army barrack in the coastal Latakia province, killing and wounding dozen, sources told Zaman al-Wasl Sunday. The attack in the mountainous region of Jabal al-Turkman followed the death of 21 regime troops in Hama province...

The Syrian regime attended a meeting of Arab states Sunday for the first time since its conflict broke out in 2011, marking another step towards the country's political reintegration into the region. Syria's parliament speaker, Hammouda Sabbagh, travelled to Amman for an Arab...

The Dutch husband of a British teenager who was stripped of her citizenship after joining Daesh (ISIS) wants to return to the Netherlands with her and their child, the BBC reported Sunday. Shamima Begum, 19, left London with two school friends to join Daesh when she was 15 but now wants...