CIA-coordinated military aid for rebels in northwest Syria has been frozen since they came under major Islamist attack last month, rebel sources said, raising doubts about foreign support key to their war against President Bashar Assad. Rebel officials said that no official explanation had...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 13 civilians on Monday were killed in the ISIS-held city of al-Bab as Turkey and US-led coalition stepped up its aerial campaign in support of Free Syrian Army fighters who press to take the strategic stronghold, local reporter said. The Turkish-led Operation Euphrates...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- US-backed Kurdish fighters backed by US airstrikes on Monday seized control of an oil field and 8 villages from the Islamic State in Deir Ezzor and Raqqa provinces, activists said Tuesday. Ahmed al-Ali, Hasaka-based activist, said SDF took al-Jweif oil well from ISIS in...

(Zaman al-Wasl)- Thuwar al-Atarib Group said unknown armed group had kidnapped Syrian army defector Major Anas Ibrahim Abu Zaid on Thursday near al-Atarib city in western Aleppo countryside. Media professional Yousef Obaid in the group told Zaman al-Wasl they accuse Hayat Tahrir al-Sham to be...