(Zaman Al Wasl)- The last rebel group in Eastern Ghouta near Damascus denied reports it had agreed with Russia to leave the town of Douma, after the Russian military said it had reached a deal for insurgents to surrender the area. Douma, controlled by the Jaish al-Islam rebel group, is...

Turkey Friday turned down a French offer to mediate with the Syrian Democratic Forces dominated by a Kurdish militia deemed a terrorist outfit by Ankara, a presidential spokesman said. "We reject any efforts to promote 'dialogue', 'contact' or 'mediation' between Turkey and those...

A rowdy mob of over two dozen men on motorcycles streamed into the small square in the center of Manbij. They cheered and waved jerseys of their local soccer team, which had just beat the town's top club. The upset victory was sweet, and their wild chants reverberated, "My people! My people!"...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Hundreds of newly recruited fighters with no military experience have been deployed in the northern countryside of Aleppo province as Turkey seeks to clean border territory from Kurdish militias and regime allies, sources said Thursday. The newly recruited militants...