The Islamic State group renewed its offensive on the eastern Syrian city of Deir az-Zour this weekend, with regime districts coming under heavy artillery fire from militants who have also suffered heavy losses. IS fighters launched waves of attacks on the area in an attempt to capture the last...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 12 civilians were killed on Monday when regime tanks shelled a displaced center in the embattled Wadi Barada valley west of Damascus, local activists said. The attack on Deir Qanoun town near the Lebanese border come as the regime army and allied Hezbollah militia...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State fighters on Sunday have thwarted regime offensive to break a siege imposed on the strategic Tayfour military airport in Syria desert, sources said. ISIS forces detonated an armored vehicle packed with explosives in the environs of al-Tiya’as after regime...

 Jordan's King Abdullah on Sunday swore in a new government following a reshuffle but retained Hani Mulki as prime minister, state television reported on Sunday. The second reshuffle since Mulki was appointed last May was intended to give him more scope for economic reforms and to tackle...