U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces will launch an offensive to oust Daesh (ISIS) from Deir al-Zor province "very, very soon", an official from the alliance told Reuters Friday. Ahmed Abu Khawla, head of the Deir al-Zor military council which fights under the SDF, said the assault might...

   (Zaman Al Wasl)- The autonomous Kurdish administration halted the construction works in three schools sponsored by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in northeastern Syria over demands to implement the Kurdish curriculum in these schools, local reporter said.  ...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State denied Syrian regime reports of advances east of Raqqa city on Thursday, saying it has recaptured 4 villages and killed about 100 soldiers and allied militants, 58 of them in suicide bombing attack.   The radical group's news feeds said ISIS fighters...

The Syrian army and its allies have surrounded Islamic State forces in a second large enclave in the center of the country, a military media unit run by Hezbollah said on Thursday. The Syrian military advanced south from southern areas of Raqqa province, joining up with their forces north of...