The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) will capture Islamic State’s last enclave in eastern Syria “in a very short time”, the battle commander said on Saturday. The victory will bring the jihadist group, whose self-proclaimed caliphate once stretched across swathes of Syria...

"Large numbers" of civilians remain inside the last Islamic State group enclave in Syria prompting a fresh delay in a final advance, Kurdish-led forces said on Saturday. "There are still civilians inside in large numbers," US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces spokesman Adnan Afrin told AFP...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Bombardment by militias loyal to Bashar al-Assad killed at least 9 civilians, mostly two children and women, in the northern town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province, activists said Friday. The heavy artillery fire has targeted the town of Khan Sheikhoun for the second...

Zaman al-Wasl has received a new torture testimony against Colonel Anwar Raslan, a former Syrian Intelligence officer was arrested in Germany with one more ex-officer on Tuesday on charges of carrying out or aiding in crimes against humanity, including torture of anti-regime activists....