Syria's army and its allies have encircled a Daesh (ISIS) pocket in central Syria after a series of advances in the desert region, state media, Hezbollah-run media and a war monitor reported on Friday. President Bashar al-Assad's military has advanced against Daesh along two prongs towards...

An advisor to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said the six-year war is nearly over as foreign states cut backing for rebels, and vowed the government would confront any "illegitimate" forces, whether Turkish or American. Bouthaina Shaaban said the fact that Syria was staging the...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Failaq al-Rahman, key rebel group fighting regime forces in Eastern Ghouta suburbs, has reached a ceasefire deal with regime forces after weeks of fierce fighting near the capital, the group said in statement Friday.   Failaq al-Rahman agreed to join the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Hayat Tahrir al-Sham jihadist group on Thursday arrested a prominent rebel fighter in northern Idlib province, commander said.   The former al-Qaeda group in Syria arrested Basem al-Hammoud, 34, who operates under the Northern Division banner. The...