Reporting by Faris al-Rifai; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Local Coordination Committee of the newly ISIS-liberated city of Palmyra launched Friday a campaign to highlight the miserable situation of people of the ancient city, according to statement posted Friday. The...

 Syrian mediators reached an agreement Friday for the release of some 300 cement workers kidnapped by the ISIS, a monitor said, but it was unclear exactly how many were freed. ISIS abducted the employees on Monday from Al-Badia cement factory outside the town of Dumeir, around 50...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels on Friday have thwarted major attack launched by regime forces and allied militias on Handarat district in northern Aleppo province, activists said. Bashar al-Assad's forces aim to capture the strategic Handarat camp to cut  rebels supply route as well to...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Free Syrian Army fighters on Friday have taken new ground from an Islamic State-linked groups in the western countryside of Daraa as clashes enter its third week in the southern province, activists said. The moderate FSA fighters have recaptured the town of Tsail from the...