By Zaman staff; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Ahmad Kassab Masalmeh, a Jihadi icon, was assassinated last Monday in mysterious circumstances in Horan, according to local activists. Masalmeh, known as Abo Muhammed Harasta, had...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian Alawite-dominated province of Tartus, in massive funeral,  has buried 17 troops of 150 killed last week by Islamic State militant group east Homs, activists said on Tuesday. The coastal city, which considered as a main...

(Reuters) - Syrian Kurds backed by fighters from northern Iraq have gained ground towards breaking the siege of the Syrian border town of Kobani but are drawing heavy fire from Islamic State insurgents and have yet to win back control. Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga, or "those who...

(Reuters) - The United Nations peace envoy to Syria said on Tuesday that Syrian officials had given him positive signals over a U.N. proposal for a local truce in the northern city of Aleppo, a main battleground in Syria's three-year-old war. Speaking in a televised...