The evacuation of a group of Syrian rebels and refugees from a border enclave in Lebanon back into Syrian territory started on Monday, Hezbollah-affiliated al-Manar TV reported. About 300 rebels from a group called Saraya Ahl al-Sham as well as about 3,000 refugees are to leave Lebanon under...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Former al-Qaeda group in Syria signed a truce with moderate group on Sunday, two days after storming its depots and robbing its arms in northern Aleppo province.   Nusra Front, now known as Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, stormed Nour el-Din al-Zinki bases in the western...

( New York Times )- After surviving a siege by Syrian forces, Firas al-Rahim and his family were removed from a rebel-held area of Homs province in central Syria and taken to an impoverished territory in the northwest. But since Mr. Rahim, his wife and their four children arrived in Idlib...

US-backed fighters fought pitched battles Sunday with Islamic State group jihadists inside their Syria bastion Raqa, an AFP correspondent said. The Syrian Democratic Forces, the Arab-Kurd alliance, first entered Raqa two months ago and have since captured more than half of the northern city,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces backed by allied militias took 12 villages from the Islamic State east of Raqqa in a week of clashes, local activists said.    The regime army is racing with the US-led forces to capture territory from ISIS since both side have reached the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 104 detainees, including 24 women, have been freed in a prisoner swap with regime forces as a part of evacuation deal reached last July to deport  powerful Tahrir al-Sham  from a Lebanese border enclave, activists said on Saturday.   The...

A commando operation backed by Russian warplanes and helicopters has killed 25 members of Daesh (ISIS) in central Syria, a monitor said Sunday. Supported by regime ally Russia, Syria's army has waged a months-long offensive to recapture the vast desert region that stretches from the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Young volunteer Mohammed Deeb Abu Kifah was killed by silencer attack Saturday on several Syrian Civil Defense (SCD) Center in Sarmin in Idlib countryside. The attack was carried out by an unknown armed group infiltrated the Civil Defense Center in Sarmin, killing...

(Zaman al Wasl)- Former al-Qaeda group in Syria stormed Nour el-Din al-Zinki bases in the western countryside of Aleppo city, arresting senior commanders and seizing control of U.S. TOW missiles, sources told Zaman al-Wasl on Saturday. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham attacked the rebel group...

A Syrian official says an international chemical weapons delegation will visit Damascus in the coming days vowing to facilitate its mission to uncover who used chemical weapons in the country earlier this year. Deputy Foreign Minister Faysal Mekdad said the delegation of the Organization for...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Jaish al-Islam on Saturday has mourned 35 members were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a their training camp in southern Daraa province late on Friday. The powerful Islamist group did not accused rival groups of carryng ut the bombing, assuring its...

Syrian regime forces seized full control of the last major town in Homs province held by Daesh (ISIS), Syrian state media reported on Saturday, as the army and its allies press a multi-pronged advance into eastern areas held by the extremist group. Syrian state media cited a military source...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The process of evacuating members of Saraya Ahl al-Sham and about 3000 thousands of civilians from Lebanese border enclave has been delayed until further notice, Lebanese media and group's spokesman said on Saturday. The 300 fighters of Free Syrian Army group were...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Seven Syria Civil Defence workers brutally killed late on Friday when unknown assailants stormed their office in northern Idlib province, the rescue service said on Saturday. The assailants used pistol silencer their attack on Sarmeen office, killing the whole crew and...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The process of repatriating members of Saraya Ahl al-Sham and about 3000 thousands of civilians from Lebanese border enclave has been delayed until further notice, The Daily Star reported Saturday. Fighters of Free Syrian Army group were supposed to pull out from...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A suspected ISIS suicide bomber blew himself up inside a training camp for Jaish al-Islam in southern Daraa province, leaving at least 30 fighters dead, source said on Friday.   Yet, no rebel group or the Islamic State have claimed the responsibility for the attack....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Islamic State ambushed Syrian regime forces in the eastern countryside of Raqqa on Friday, killing 7 troops and taking three more captive, the militant group’s news feeds said as U.S.-backed forces advanced in the city.   ISIS said it had attacked the regime...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Residents of opposition-held areas have rallied after Friday Prayers, calling for the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad amid fears of a Russian-American deal to keep him in power.   The demonstrations have recalled the first days of Syrian revolution that erupted in March...

More than 600,000 Syrians returned to their homes in the first seven months of this year, nearly as many as in all of 2016, but they are still outnumbered by those freshly displaced, the U.N. migration agency said Friday. Many went back to their areas of origin to check on property or...

U.S.-backed Syrian fighters advancing from eastern and western parts of the northern city of Raqqa have linked up for the first time in weeks after launching their offensive against Daesh (ISIS) militants there. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces launched a wide offensive to capture...