(Zaman Al Wasl)- ISIS militants took a district in southern Damascus suburbs after fierce clashes with Jaish al-Islam rebel group, military source told Zaman al-Wasl on Saturday. Daesh launched major attack last week to capture al-Zain Neighborhood which lies between the neighborhood of...

Turkey launched a new air and ground operation Saturday to oust Kurdish militia from a northern Syrian enclave, defying US warnings that the action risked destabilising the area. Turkey had in recent days sent dozens of military vehicles to the border area and readied pro-Ankara Syria...

Russian-led peace talks on Syria will be held Jan. 30 in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia's chief negotiator Aleksandr Lavrentyev said Saturday. Russia, a steadfast supporter of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, is set to co-host the summit with regime ally Iran and rebel backer...

Around 500 Syrian fighters graduated on Saturday from a U.S.-led training course aimed at establishing a controversial "border security force" in the country's north. Last week, the U.S.-led coalition battling Daesh (ISIS) announced it had begun forming a 30,000-strong security force to...