(Zaman Al Wasl)- Seventeen unknown soldiers were buried Tuesday in Ferdous cemetery in the central city of Homs, local activists said. The slain troops have been killed in clashes with rebels in Hama, Homs and Idlib provinces. More than 119,000 pro-regime forces have been...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A senior commander in the Turkish-backed Syrian forces said a ceasefire to be declared soon in northern Syria. Mustaga Saijeri from Liwa al-Mu'tassem, key unit in the Free Syria Army said opposition-held areas in Aleppo, Hama and Idlib provinces to be included in the...

At an unlikely cat shelter in rebel-held northern Syria, Mohammed Alaa al-Jaleel gently holds a feline patient on her back as an ultrasound probe is rolled across her pregnant belly. In a time of war, she is one of hundreds to have received medical attention at the makeshift animal clinic in...

The U.S. hopes to establish control over the Iraq-Syria border and has deployed troops to Iraq’s Sinjar Mountain region for this purpose, according to a spokesman for the Arab tribes of Iraq’s northern Nineveh province. “Roughly 150 U.S. troops in about 20 armored vehicles have...