(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels launched Saturday a counterattack on regime forces and allied militias in the southern countryside of Aleppo province, seizing control of three towns, field commander told Zaman al-Wasl. Rebels have recaptured al-Khalediya town and big parts of Barneh and Zeitan...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Fierce clashes erupted late on Saturday between Islamic State and Nusra Front in the embattled Yarmouk refugee camp south of Damascus, leaving casualties from both sides, local reporter said. The clashes are still underway as ISIS fighters press to capture the western...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- A senior commander in the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) died of his wounds on Friday in northern Aleppo province, activists said. The Turkish national, known as 'Jiya', was the YPG's  military commander in Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood of Aleppo city. Jiya...

Rebels seized a town in southern Syria from groups loyal to Islamic State just a day after fighters captured another town from the hardline militants in a separate insurgent assault in the north, a rebel source and a monitoring group said. The rebels had by late on Friday taken...