US-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria announced Friday a fresh campaign to hunt down remnants of Daesh (ISIS) near the Iraqi border following a recent uptick in attacks. The Syrian Democratic Forces, a Kurdish-led paramilitary alliance that has spearheaded the ground fight against Daesh in...

A Syrian court has ordered that Syriatel, owned by prominent businessman Rami Makhlouf, be placed under judicial custody amid a high-profile dispute over arrears, according to a document posted on the court's Facebook page. Makhlouf, the cousin of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and one of...

Syrian air defenses responded to an Israeli attack near a central town on Thursday that caused explosions and a large fire in the area, state-run media said. According to the Syrian news agency SANA, the Israeli airstrike occurred near the town of Masyaf in the Hama countryside. There...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The US-backed Kurdish forces have arrested 17 people in eastern Deir Ezzor province over Daesh links, activists said Thursday. The YPG-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) claimed the arrest campaign would secure oil fields from Daesh attacks along the Iraqi...