A U.S.-backed alliance of Arabs and Kurds will launch their final assault on ISIS' Syrian bastion Raqqa in early summer, two commanders from the force said Friday. "The attack on Raqqa will take place in the beginning of the summer," Syrian Democratic Forces commander Rojda Felat told AFP....

Syrian President Bashar Assad, in an interview with Belarusian TV Channel ONT aired on Thursday, said he will not back down from fighting his enemies. He pledged to defend de-escalation zones, brokered by Russia, and crush, with the support of Iran and Hezbollah, those who will try to breach...

( The Guardian )- Doctors in Syria have turned to crowdfunding in a desperate attempt to keep makeshift hospitals running in caves and underground. Rules governing how aid budgets are spent have tied up funding, forcing medics to seek alternative means of building and reinforcing the...

The capture of a key Syrian town and a nearby dam from ISIS militants by Syrian Kurdish-led forces undermines the ISIS's ability to defend its de facto capital, Raqqa and disrupts its ability to plan attacks in Western countries, the U.S.-led international coalition said Thursday. Tabqa and...