The Syrian regime army and its allies made a sudden advance on Saturday and Sunday into areas held by Islamic State in northwest Syria, a war monitor said, as the jihadist group retreated after losing the city of al-Bab to Turkey-backed rebels. By taking Islamic State territory south of...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Two civilians were killed on Sunday in regime airstrikes on the besieged al-Waer neighborhood in Homs city, local reporter said. The residents of al-Waer and the towns and villages in Homs’ northern countryside are immobilized. All daily activities have halted...

Syrian activists called on Sunday for the Assad government to engage in serious talks on political transition and for the United Nations to strengthen the fragile ceasefire as violence engulfed parts of the country. U.N. mediator Staffan de Mistura said a militant attack in Homs on Saturday...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime has stepped up its aerial bombing on the besieged city of Douma near the capital, killing 10 people in the last 24 hours, local activists said Sunday. A man was killed early Sunday in Napalm bombs attack on Douma, 15km (10 miles) northeast Damascus. Activists...