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US-backed Syria force advances against ISIS in Tabqa

A US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance is advancing against ISIS in the key town of Tabqa near the extremist bastion of Raqqa in northern Syria, a monitor said Sunday. The Syrian Democratic Forces now control at least 40 percent of the town of Tabqa, and more than half of its heart, the Old City,...

Syria regime repels ISIS attack in Aleppo province

 Syria's military says its troops and allied fighters have repelled an attack by ISIS on a government-held area south of Aleppo province. The Saturday attack took place in Khanasser, southeast Aleppo – a strategic region that links Aleppo with central and western Syria. The military...

40 dead in rebel infighting near Damascus

Fierce clashes between extremists and Islamist rebels near Damascus left at least 40 dead and 70 wounded on Friday, activists said. The opposition-aligned Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the clashes pitted the Saudi-backed rebel faction Jaish al-Islam (Army of Islam) against...

Russia distributes aid in Qardaha, Assad's hometown

(Eqtsad)- The Russian forces in the airport of Hmeymim in Qardaha, Assad’s hometown have distributed food rations and medical aid in town and countryside to families of the dead members of the army and intelligence forces added to Shabiha and families in need. The Russian military forces have...

SDF militia makes gains in Taqba city

(Zaman Al Wasl)- US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces pressed new advances aginst Islamic State inside Tabqa city; taking blocks in the western neighborhoods, local activist said Friday. Muhan Nasser told Zaman al-Wasl the Kurdish-led forces made gains in Wadi Mahouk and al-Qariya...

Syria to buy latest Russian anti-missile system

Syrian President Bashar Assad said Damascus is negotiating with regime ally Moscow to buy the latest Russian anti-missile system to repel Israeli and American attacks. "It's natural that we should have such systems," he said, quoted by Syria's official SANA agency on Thursday, the same day...

19 dead after strikes on hospitals in Idlib

Air strikes on two hospitals in rebel-held northwestern Syria on Thursday left 19 people dead including two babies in incubators, a monitor said. They were among 19 people killed as a result of strikes across rebel-held Idlib province on Thursday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights...