(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels have handed over Bab al-Salama border crossing with Turkey to the opposition’s Interim Government on Tuesday, local activists said. The strategic crossing near Azaz town in northern Aleppo province will be under the full control of the Coalition's...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- About 20 thousands people have been trapped by the Islamic State in the newly-captured town of Qaryatayn east of Homs, activists said. Media activist Abdullah al-Kareem said ISIS is using civilains as human shields refusing to let them leave to the eastern countryside...

 A Sukhoi military jet crashed while trying to take off from Russia's Hmeimim base in Syria on Tuesday, killing the crew, Russian news agencies quoted a military spokesman as saying. "The Su-24 plane rolled off the runway and broke up while accelerating for takeoff... The plane's...

US-backed fighters say they are nearing the "final week" of their assault to drive Daesh (ISIS) from their one-time Syrian bastion Raqqa, as the extremists' self-described caliphate crumbles. Losing Raqqa would be only the latest in a series of crushing defeats for the extremist group,...