The once-sprawling "caliphate" of Daesh (ISIS) has been reduced to a four-square-kilometer pocket of territory in eastern Syria, a senior Kurdish commander said Monday. With support from a U.S.-led military coalition, the Syrian Democratic Forces are in the final stages of an assault...

Syria's Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has detained scores of residents in Idlib, following the capture of the province by the jihadi group this month, Human Rights Watch said on Monday. At least 11 civilian residents had been working documenting abuses by HTS or protesting against the...

Turkey is aiming to form safe zones in northern Syria so that around 4 million of Syrian refugees hosted by Turkey could return, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday. Speaking in Istanbul, Erdogan also said nearly 300,000 Syrians had already returned and that he expected millions...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The spread of Iranian goods in rebel-held areas has aroused resentment among the traders and residents as accusations directed to the powerful Hayat Tahrir al-Sham which controls the crossings. The ‘Salvation Government’, a domestic governing body close to...