US special forces have led a "successful" operation targeting Islamic State leaders in Syria, the Pentagon has confirmed. Local reports suggest at least four coalition helicopters landed in the desert between the IS-held cities of Deir al Zor and Raqqa. Commandos then set up checkpoints and...

Bashar al-Assad said his government is ready to negotiate on "everything" in proposed peace talks in Kazakhstan but it was not yet clear who would represent the opposition and no date had been set. Assad also said a ceasefire brokered by Turkey and Russia, his most powerful ally, was being...

Syrian President Bashar Assad said his government is ready to negotiate on "everything" in proposed peace talks in Kazakhstan but said it was not yet clear who would represent the opposition and no date had been set. Assad also said a ceasefire brokered by Turkey and Russia, his most...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State on Sunday appointed new emir, or commander,  in territory it controls in the southern suburbs of Damascus, dismissing Abu Hashem al-Khabouri, sources said. The new Emir, Abu Ziad Saad, 40-year-old,  who was born in Yalda suburb, was the radical...