Dozens of fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Syrian government forces have been killed in ongoing battles in Hasakah province, a monitoring group and activists said. The fighting has displaced more than 100,000 people, the UN said. At least nine ISIL...

(Soufyan Jbawi; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) The battle of “South Storm” started 4 days ago by Daraa’s rebels to liberate their city from the regime forces. They have formed a central operation room with 7 sections, like emergency, medical, media, information and coordination section....

Mohammad Nasif Khayrbik, a senior Syrian government security official close to President Bashar al-Assad, died Sunday morning after a long illness, state media said. Khayrbik was a key confidante of the Assad family and the target of EU and U.S. sanctions for his alleged role in putting down...

A rebel mortar attack killed four civilians on Sunday in the Syrian capital as government forces battled Islamic State group jihadists in the northern city of Hasakeh, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a mortar round struck Revolution Street in central Damascus,...