Dozens of people are said to have been killed during days of clashes between a US-backed, Kurdish-led militia and Arab tribal fighters in Syria. The fighting erupted after the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) arrested the head of a tribal militia backed by Arab clans with which it worked in...

Clashes continued on Monday between Arab tribes and the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the eastern Syria province of Deir Ezzor.  Operations launched by Arab tribes against the YPG-led Kurdish fighters in Deir Ezzor that started last week expanded with the participation of...

BEIRUT: Hundreds of angry protesters in southern Syria smashed the statue of Syria’s late president on Monday as they they marked the 2015 assassination of a prominent anti-government Druze leader. The protests in the province of Sweida, where the Druze community represents the majority of...

An Iranian soldier from the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) was killed in Syria, according to Iranian media on Monday.   The semi-official Fars News Agency identified the soldier as Yahya Rostami, who was killed on August 31.  The agency, however, did...