ISIS was "completely besieged" in Al-Bab after forces loyal to Syria's regime cut off a road into the extremists' last major stronghold in Aleppo province, a monitor said Monday. "Al-Bab is now completely besieged by the regime from the south, and the Turkish forces and rebels from the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Ahrar al-Sham movement published on the official Twitter account an infographic highlights the manpower and areas of control. The Islamist group said 50 brigades and 400 battalions are fighting under its banner with total rebel fighters reached 25000. 11 rebel...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Syrian regime pilot was killed on Sunday in crash-landing in the Nairab military airport in Aleppo province, source said.  The cause of the Su-22 crash-landing has not revealed yet. The pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Basel Saleh, was immediately killed. Source said the...

(Eqtsad)-  People of  the Yarmouk Basin in the southern province of Daraa have been affected by months of conflict between rebels and an ISIS-affiliated group where living conditions get worse and ban of food entry escalates the suffering. The clashes with the Khalid Ibn...

U.S-led coalition planes bombed an Islamic State-controlled town near the Euphrates Dam in northern Syria a day after the launch of a new phase of a campaign to capture the militants' defacto capital of Raqqa, activists and the militants said on Sunday. Activists confirmed reports released by...

(ARA News)- Thousands of Arab fighters have joined the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the fight against ISIS in Raqqa. One of the main Arab factions currently participating in the SDF’s Euphrates Wrath Operation for Raqqa is the Syrian Elite Forces. Muhedi Jayila, Commander of...

 Russia said on Sunday that it supports the continuation of Syria peace talks under United Nations auspices, long-running negotiations which had been thrown into doubt by separate, Moscow-backed peace talks launched last month. The latest round of U.N. talks had been planned to begin in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Kurdish PYD militia on Saturday launched an arrest campaign tracking corrupted members and officials of People’s Protection Units(YPG), including a woman within what so-called the “Law of People” in the province of Hasaka, source told Zaman al-Wasl on Saturday....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Russian armored carrier exploded near Hmeimym base in the coastal Latakia province on Saturday, local media outlets said. The BTR-80, an 8x8 wheeled amphibious vehicle, was carrying 7 Russian soldiers, Latakia News Network said. No rebel group claimed the responsibility for...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- US-led coalition airstrikes killed 10 Islamist rebels fighting under the banner of Haya't Tahrir al-Sham, new alliance including former al-Qaeda group, local activists said Sunday. The aerial bombing targeted the northern town of Sarmin less than 48 hours since suspected...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army took al-Bazza’a village from the Islamic State near al-Bab city, the last stronghold for group in Aleppo province, local reporter said Sunday. The FSA advance come as Turkish warplanes pound ISIS bastions in the strategic city. On Thursday,...

(Eqtsad)- Islamic State has blocked food supply route to the western neighborhoods in Yarmouk refugee cam south of the capital, making the already severe living condition of 350 people harder, residents said. ISIS has closed the only remaining humanitarian route to the neighborhoods of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Jaish al-Islam group on Saturday has thwarted regime offensive in the embattled Eastern Ghouta suburbs near Damascus, local monitor said. The multi-axes attack took place in Hosh Nasri, Hosh al-Dhawahra and al-Marj district, according to Douma Local Coordination. In...

The Jordanian air force conducted air strikes against ISIS targets in southern Syria on Saturday night, hitting an ammunition depot, a car bomb factory and a barracks, the Jordanian military said in a statement. "The operation resulted in killing and wounding a number of members of the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- State-run TV said a reconciliation dead to be reached between the Druze dominated villages of Beit Saber and Beit Tima,  and the surrounding villages in Mount Hermon after deep discords. Activists have accused the regime of pushing the villages of Jabal al-Sheikh to...

  An alliance of U.S.-backed militias said it had started a new phase of its campaign against the Islamic State-held city of Raqqa on Saturday, aiming to complete its encirclement and sever the road to militant strongholds in Deir al-Zor province. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia's warplanes killed 6 rebel fighters on Friday in air strikes on the newly-formed Haya't Tahrih al-Sham alliance in Idlib province, local reporter said. The aerial bombing hit a bastion for the formerly known as Nusra Front in Sarmin town, killing and wounding dozen....

(TRT World)- Syrians gathered at an Aleppo stadium to watch a live football match on Saturday, the first in nearly six years of war. The Al-Ittihad club beat Al-Hurriya 2-1 in their first match after war divided the northern city into regime-held west and rebel-controlled east....

For the tenth day in a row, Syrian armed opposition groups have resisted attempts by the Assad regime and allied militias to advance on Daraa’s northern countryside. Clashes between the two sides remain ongoing on the outskirts of Daraa’s Al-Waredat village. Located on the eastern side of the...

The water supply to the Syrian city of Raqqa, a stronghold of the Islamic State (IS) group, has been reconnected after US airstrikes caused a temporary cut. The main pipeline was damaged when a bridge was hit, according to IS and anti-IS activists. Citizen journalist group Raqqa is Being...