(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Brigade 82 in southern province of Daraa is still under rebels control, field sources told Zaman al Wasl Tuesday, as rebels thwart regime major attack on the strategic military base. Early Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and Syria's state news agency...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russian air strikes on northern Aleppo province killed ten people late on Monday backing a ground offensive by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), local reporter said. The Russian air strikes took place in Tel Ref'at town as the alliance of Syrian Kurds and Arab...

A group of several hundred Syrians from two besieged towns arrived outside Damascus Tuesday after passing through Turkey and Lebanon as part of a rare UN-backed deal to evacuate people from flashpoint areas. A source close to the deal confirmed the arrival of over 300...

Islamic State has set up departments to handle "war spoils," including slaves, and the exploitation of natural resources such as oil, creating the trappings of government that enable it to manage large swaths of Syria and Iraq and other areas. The hierarchical bureaucracy, including petty...