(Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S. led air strikes in Syria have inflicted "significant damage" to Islamic State's ability to fund itself, the Pentagon said on Friday. Recent strikes in an air operation dubbed "Tidal Wave II" have been concentrated on oil facilities in the Deir Ezzor region, which provide...

The U.S. military is "reasonably certain" a U.S. drone strike killed the Islamic State militant known as "Jihadi John," a British citizen who appeared in videos of militants beheading Western journalists and aid workers, a spokesman said on Friday. The militant, Mohammed Emwazi,...

The Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement, a Syrian opposition group, claimed that a Russian warplane targeted Idlib province’s Benin village using a white phosphorous bomb. Yasser al-Yousef, an activist in the movement, told Anadolu Agency late Thursday that the attack left a number of people...

Syrian regime forces captured the village of Tel Hadya in the northern province of Aleppo on Friday, Reuters said, in the latest territorial gains reported against insurgents in the area. The reported advance brought pro-government forces closer to the main highway that links...