Syrians rebels, in video statement issued Thursday, said the International Road links between the southern city of Daraa and Damascus is a military zone, warning civilians from getting close. Activists said rebels have seized parts of the road, such gain came hours after the...

Islamic State militants in Syria have stormed government-held neighborhoods in the predominantly Kurdish northeastern city of Hassakeh, capturing several areas of the city, AP reported. Thursday's attack comes after the Islamic State group suffered several setbacks in northern Syria against...

Rebels active in southern city of Daraa announced on Wednesday a new battle to take full control of the border city with Jordan. A motivational video that circulated online by activists has shown rebels' practices, weapons and readiness for the battle of 'South Storm.' The "Southern Front",...

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) A new saudi diplomatic document published on Wikileaks showed opinion of Abdel Aziz Bin Abdullah, son of King Abdullah and deputy of Saudi Minister of foreign affairs, talked about Haitham al-Maleh, the prominent Syrian opposition figure and mentioned his long...

   Two suicide bombers from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group have killed 10 Syrian soldiers in the northeastern city of Hasakeh, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Wednesday. Separately, at least 13 civilians were killed in a car bomb attack against a mosque...

The United States and its coalition allies staged nine air strikes in Iraq and Syria in the latest round of daily attacks on Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group on Tuesday, a Command Joint Task Force statement said. Eight of the strikes were near the Iraqi cities of Bayji, Haditha,...

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) seems to have minted its own currency, according to Syrian activists. Anti-ISIS activist Abu Ibrahim Raqqawi, the founder of “Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently” shared the photos of the coins on Twitter and said they would be put into use soon. The...

Islamic State group fighters have destroyed two ancient Muslim mausoleums in the historic Syrian city of Palmyra, the country's antiquities director said Tuesday. IS militants blew up the tombs of Mohammed bin Ali, a descendant of the Prophet's cousin, and Nizar Abu Bahaaeddine, a religious...

A swap deal carried out between Syrian regime and Islam Army last two weeks was behind the release of Justice Minister who was kidnapped by the key rebel group on June 9,  well-informed sources told Zaman al-Wasl. A judicial source said regime security had released 574 detainees mostly...

Islamic State urged its followers on Tuesday to escalate attacks against Christians, Shi'ites and Sunni Muslims fighting with a U.S.-led coalition against the ultra-radical group. Jihadists should turn the holy month of Ramadan, which began last week, into a time of "calamity for the infidels...

Abu Emara Battalions on Tuesday said it has assassinated a senior commander in al-Quds Brigade in Aleppo city. The key rebel group that active in northern province of Aleppo said Samer Hamisho, Palestinian militant, was involved in torture crimes when he was working in the disreputable Tadmur...

Activists say Kurdish fighters and their allies have captured an ISIS military base in northern Syria, AP reported. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based activist group, and Kurdish activist Mustafa Bali said Kurdish fighters from the People's Protection...

Syrian state media praised Druze villagers in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights Tuesday for attacking an Israeli military ambulance they said was carrying two insurgents from a group fighting President Bashar al-Assad. The Israeli army said one of the men in the ambulance was killed as a...

ISIS has terminated most of Syrians who work in oil facilities it control in Iraq, saying the hiring priority is for locals, a decision reflects powerful leadership of Iraqis inside the radical group that controls swaths of territory in Iraq and Syria, sources said. Islamic State that...

A wounded Syrian was killed on Monday when Israeli Druze attacked an Israeli military ambulance taking him to hospital for treatment, police said. "A crowd attacked an ambulance with stones near Majdal Shams on the Golan Heights," that was transporting two wounded Syrians, a police...

Syrian Kurdish fighters have chased Islamic State militants from a key base north of the jihadists' stronghold city of Raqa, according to a monitoring group. The Kurdish People's Protection Units -- with US-led air support -- took complete control of the Liwa (Brigade) 93 base on Monday, the...

Kurdish-led forces advanced on Monday deep into territory in Syria held by Islamic State, showing new momentum after they unexpectedly swiftly seized a border crossing from the jihadists last week. The Kurds, aided by U.S.-led air strikes and smaller Syrian rebel groups, have pushed to within 7...

U.S.-led coalition forces targeted Islamic State militants with seven air strikes in Syria and 22 in Iraq on Sunday, the combined joint task force leading the operations said in a statement. In Syria, five of the strikes were staged near the Turkish border town of Tel Abyad, where Kurdish...

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) A WikiLeaks document highlighted Saudi Arabia's effort to support the Syrian Revolution by communicating with different parties and countries including the Vatican to encourage Christians to participate in the revolution. The WikiLeaks document was issued by the...

Israeli Druze blocked an Israeli army ambulance they believed was transporting wounded Syrian rebels Monday, local authorities said, a rare confrontation underscoring Druze concern for brethren caught up in the civil war next door. The Druze are an Arab minority that practice an offshoot of...