(Zaman Al Wasl)- Tensions increased between Kurdish Democratic Party (PYD) and its allies due to PYD encouraging personnel from Raqqa Rebel Brigade to defect and join PYD military ranks directly. The step is the first by PYD to disperse allied forces in Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Free Syrian Army fighters joined Nusra Front in fight against Islamic State in Yarmouk refugee camp southern Damascus, local reporter said Saturday as clashes enter second week. Three Isis fighters were killed in Saturday's claches with Nusra Front, reporter said. In...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian Regime forces released the two oldest detainees Qaboon suburb north of Damascus on Saturday in prisoner exchange with local rebel group, activists said. A local source from the neighborhood, which is under a truce with the regime, said Assad forces released detainees...

The United Nations said on Saturday civilians faced starvation and dehydration in a Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of Damascus, where ISIS is battling other Islamist groups for control. U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) which aids Palestinian refugees...