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Turkish troops, Syria rebels enter ISIS-held town

 Turkish troops and Syrian rebels Saturday entered the ISIS-held town of Al-Bab in northern Syria, as government forces also approached the extremist bastion, activists said. "Turkish forces and allied rebels in the Euphrates Shield campaign entered the western edge of the town and took...

Syrian Arab women battle IS, social stigma

They are fighting the world's most feared jihadists, but hundreds of Arab female fighters battling the Islamic State group in Syria are also confronting the disapproval of their relatives and society. "I braved my tribal clan, my father, my mother. Now I'm braving the enemy," says...

Al-Assad rejects safe zones in Syria

President Bashar Assad rejected the creation of safe zones for refugees and displaced people in Syria, an idea supported by U.S. President Donald Trump, according to a transcript from an interview with Yahoo News released Friday. He signaled he would welcome cooperation with Washington in...

FSA advances in al-Bab western neighborhoods

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Free Syrian Army pressed further gains inside the the ISIS-controlled town of al-Bab in northern Aleppo province, taking new neighborhood after three days since the Turkish-backed moderate pursued a major offensive to seize the strategic stronghold of ISIS. FSA took al-Hikma...

SDF hands over villages to regime in Aleppo province

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The US-backed Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) in northern Aleppo province have handed over several villages to the Syrian regime due to a Russian-brokered deal reached Thursday, activists and regime media said. Pro-government media outlets said the deal will allow people of...