(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State fighters on Monday launched major attack on regime forces and allied militias in the northwestern Hama province, killing 11 troops and destroying several tanks and armored vehicles, pro-regime news feeds said. The attack took place north of Salamiyya city near...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Spokesman for powerful Jaish al-Islam group said no orders give to open fire on protests in the Eastern Ghouta as death toll of the 4-day fighting with rival Islamist group topped 120, according to Zaman’s reporter. Local activists surfaced on social media footage showing...

( The Guardian )- In the aftermath of Turkish airstrikes on Kurdish positions in north-east Syria last week, US troops escorted an ageing militant through an angry crowd to inspect the damage. As a senior leader of the Kurdish militant organisation the PKK, Abdi Ferhad Şahin, known as...

( The Guardian )- Near Aleppo’s ancient citadel, the scent of rose and jasmine rises from the rubble of a half-destroyed shop covered in bullet holes. Months ago it was a battleground, but for years before that it was a perfumery, and war has not changed its smell. For centuries Aleppo’s...