As Islamic State group fighters steadily lose chunks of their Syrian bastion Raqa to a US-backed force, the jihadists are ramping up the ferocity of their counter-attacks. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) first broke into Raqa in early June and have advanced in a pincer-like motion towards...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The number of Syrian refugees wishing to accompany Tahrir al-Sham from Irsal to the north of Syria, reached 6000 refugees including 50 families from the border town of Arsal, spokesman said.  While the number of Syrians wishing to accompany the faction of...

The Kurdish-led administration in northern Syria will hold elections for local councils and a regional assembly in September, November and January, a Kurdish official said on Saturday on a social networking feed. Kurdish groups and their allies control swathes of northern Syria in areas held...

Syria's army and its allies on Saturday reached the edge of al-Sukhna, the last town held by Daesh (ISIS) in Homs province and a key step in their multi-pronged offensive against the militants, a Hezbollah-run military media unit said. Sukhna is on the main desert highway between Palmyra and...