(Reuters) - Syrian government forces backed by Lebanon's Hezbollah took control of a town just outside Damascus from Islamist fighters on Thursday, a blow to the rebels who had held it for more than a year. Syrian state television broadcast showed government soldiers in the...

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  (Zaman Alwasl)- As the Islamic State group is making rapid advances in northern Aleppo, key rebel factions have formed a joint command room to stop IS invasion which may reach border crossing with Turkey as well may reflect a humiliating defeat on rebels. Sources...

Militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS or ISIL) seized two key towns and several villages in Syria’s Aleppo province on Wednesday after routing rival fighters, opposition groups and activists said. The capture is the latest victory for...