By Mark Townsend ( The Guardian )- Syria’s Kurds have revealed plans to redraw the northern part of the country by linking the Kurdish region of Rojava with the Mediterranean Sea, in a move that will infuriate neighbouring Turkey. In a further sign of growing Kurdish confidence in...

Fighting between Syrian rebel and government forces eased on Saturday as a Russian-led effort to shore up a ceasefire took effect, although battles continued on important frontlines near Hama and Damascus, rebels and a war monitor said. The deal to create "de-escalation" zones in the major...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- About 250 Syrian women, Kurds and Arabs, have joined the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces in Hasaka province, activists said. The first batch of female fighters, who operate under the Women's Protection Units (YPJ), have received an extensive training by the the Hasaka-based...

(Zaman Al Wasl)-The military police forces search and arrest young men from streets of Latakia to send them for mandatory conscription and military reserve service. Latakia News, pro-regime Facebook page, mentioned that patrols of the military police forces had arrested 17 young men by early...