(Syria Comment)- The Syrian Islamist group known as Ahrar al-Sham Islamic Movement, which is one of the biggest armed groups in the country, has elected a new leader: Abu Yahia al-Hamawi. Founded in 2011, Ahrar al-Sham was first led by Hassane Abboud, who also used the alias Abu Abdullah...

Fighting between ISIS and Syrian regime forces around Deir Ezzor air base in eastern Syria is still underway as dozens of both waring parties have been killed during a week.  Pro-ISIS twitter accounts said Saturday the radical group has been very close to overrun the air base, Bashar...

Eleven people were killed in evening rebel rocket fire on the Syrian capital Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday. The Britain-based activist group said the deaths were in the Duwaylaa neighborhood of Damascus, adding that most of those killed appeared to be...

A coalition led by the United States bombarded Islamic State militants on Thursday with 27 air strikes in Iraq and three in Syria, according to a statement released on Friday. In Iraq, the air strikes near Tuz, Ramadi, Mosul, Fallujah and other locations hit tactical units and...