Beirut (AFP) - The Syrian regime and several key opponents have agreed to move towards new peace talks mediated by Russia, sources on both sides told AFP. The initial agreement came after separate delegations led by prominent opposition figure Ahmad Moaz al-Khatib and Foreign...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States led 55 air strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria since Friday, according to U.S. Central Command. In a statement on Monday, Centcom said there were 27 air strikes against the Islamic State militant group...

Turkey and Russia on Monday agreed to work together to combat Islamic State (IS) jihadists in Syria, despite acknowledging their differences over the conflict. "We have a common stance (with Russia) over the DAISH terrorist organisation there," Turkish President Recep Tayyip...

The United States is not ready to enforce a no-fly zone over Syria, the White House said Monday, after reports it was in talks with Turkey about setting up a refugee safe haven in the north of the country. White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters that Washington was...

(Reuters) - The Lebanese army detained a wife and daughter of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as they crossed from Syria nine days ago, security officials said on Tuesday, in a move seen as likely to put pressure on the Islamist chief. The woman was identified as Saja...

(UN News Center)- A life-saving programme providing food vouchers to more than 1.7 million Syrian refugees has been suspended due to lack of funds, the United Nations World Food Programme ( WFP ) announced today, warning that the move will have a devastating impact on families who are...

BEIRUT: The alleged mastermind behind the kidnapping of the Lebanese servicemen from the northeastern border town of Arsal has been expelled from ISIS, local daily Al-Akhbar said Monday. Al-Akhbar said it had learned that Abu Talal al-Hamad, ISIS’s commander for Syria’s...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian Opposition Government said no meeting has been held between Ahmed Tomeh and prominent dissident Abdul Halim Khaddam in Paris. The Interim Government office denied to Zaman al-Wasl news circulated over a meeting between...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Two senior rebel commanders were killed by unknown assassins in Eastern Ghouta suburbs near Damascus, Islam Army and Ummah Army said on Sunday. Key rebel groups of the embattled Ghouta have mourned two of their prominent commanders...

 The new president of the Syrian National Coalition supports a "comprehensive" political solution for ending the Syrian crisis. The Syrian National Coalition is a group of opposition factions battling to topple Syrian President Bashar...

(By Zaman Staff; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) (Zaman Al Wasl)- Formation of the “Syrian Revolution Leadership Council”, as part of “Hang on” initiative, was officially announced yesterday. Counselor Qais al-Sheikh, was agreeably designated as the head...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Senior rebel commander in rebel group Islam Army was killed by unknown group in Eastern Ghouta suburbs near Damascus, activists said on Sunday. Yousef Abdul Wahhab was assassinated by armed group in al-Reihan village near...

BEIRUT (AP) — U.S.-led coalition warplanes carried out as many as 30 airstrikes overnight against Islamic State militants in and around the group's de facto capital in northeastern Syria, activists said Sunday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the...

TRIPOLI, Lebanon: Gunfire from the Syrian side of the border wounded a Lebanese man Saturday on a north Lebanon highway near the border. The man was shot and fell to the ground on the highway linking Abboudeyeh to Manjaz. The residents waited for the Lebanese Red Cross to...

The Daily Star BEIRUT: The Free Syrian Army has asked the Lebanese Army commander to release five of its members who the opposition group said were fleeing ISIS and heading to Tripoli, north Lebanon, Assafir...

BEIRUT (AP) — The Islamic State group launched an attack Saturday on the Syrian border town of Kobani from Turkey, a Kurdish official and activists said, although Turkey denied that the fighters had used its territory for the raid. The assault began when a suicide bomber driving...

By Zaman Staff; Translation by Yusra Ahmed Gaziantep (Zaman Al Wasl)- Many armed groups and battalions in Syria, have announced yesterday forming the “Syrian Revolution Leadership Council” as a part of “Hang on” initiative, which aims to unite the...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Islamic State decided to insilate “Fajr el-Islam” group in Qalamoun , known as Imad Jomma’s group, for breaching the Sharea rules, and the decision had been implemented. The decision was took...

(Reuters) - Syria's foreign minister said U.S.-led air strikes had failed to weaken Islamic State it in Syria and the jihadist group would not be tackled unless Turkey was forced to tighten border controls. A U.S.-led alliance started attacking Islamic State targets in Syria...

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