A joint statement by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the U.A.E. late on Thursday accused 59 individuals and 12 charity organizations in Qatar of being “linked to terror”, local media reported. The list includes the International Union of Muslim Scholars' Egyptian chairman, Yousef...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Shops in al-Hasaka markets closed due to rising tensions in the northern part of the city between the regime's forces and the Democratic Union Party (PYD) militias on Thursday May 08,2017.  In a statement to Zaman al-Wasl, Abdul Malik al-Ali, a local activist,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The powerful Tahrir al-Sham group on Thursday has stormed Free Syrian Army positions in Maarrat al-Nu’man in northern Idlib province, leaving several people killed and wounded, residents told Zaman al-Wasl.   Fighters of the former al-Qaeda affiliated branch seized...

At Raqqa's eastern edge, a handful of Syrian fighters cross a river by foot and car, all the while relaying their coordinates to the U.S.-led coalition so they don't fall victim to friendly fire. This is their only way into al-Mishlab, the first district the Kurdish and Arab militias have...