(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels took ground from Islamic State fighters in the northern countryside of Aleppo after fierce fighting left 15 ISIS militants killed, local activist said Friday. Activist Omar al-Shamali told Zaman al-Wasl that rebels had killed 15 ISIS fighters in Tal Battal...

The U.S. military said on Friday it had started training "dozens" of Syrian opposition fighters to battle the Islamic State as part of a revamped program that aims to avoid mistakes that doomed its first training effort in Turkey last year. U.S. Army Colonel Steve Warren, a...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held a phone call on Friday in which they discussed steps needed to strengthen the ceasefire in the Syrian war, Russia's Foreign Ministry said.

(Zaman Al Wals)- Nine rebel factions operating in northern Aleppo province merged Thursday in one armed group, such a move aims to increase the effectivity of the brigades and to facilitate a unified military work, according to statement posted online. The political office of the newly-formed...