U.S.-backed Syrian militias are expected to attack soon an Islamic State-held dam and air base west of the Syrian city of Raqqa, their spokesman said on Thursday, part of an accelerating campaign to capture the hardline group's stronghold. The U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State...

Fighting around Syria's capital Damascus has cut 300,000 people off from humanitarian aid and pauses in the conflict are needed to let aid convoys in, Jan Egeland, U.N. humanitarian advisor on Syria, said on Thursday. "They are totally dependent on our supplies. Starvation will be just...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Senior rebel commander who is attending the fifth round of Geneva peace talks said the Turkish-led Euphrates Shield Operation has been halted due to discords with Russia and U.S. over the Kurdish file. Colonel Ahmed Othman, commander of Sultan Murad Division said the Free...

(Zaman Al Wasl)-  Top army leader in the paramilitary Fifth Corps group has been killed by the Islamic State in the ancient city of Palmyra on Wednesday, pro-regime media said. Major General Mohammed Hassan Sultan, who was born in Qerdaha, hometown of the Assad family, was the top...