(Zaman Al Wasl-AFP)- Turkish forces and allied Syrian rebels battling Kurdish militia in northern Syria advanced on Saturday to within just a few kilometres of the flashpoint town of Afrin, a war monitor said. The move came a day after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels launched surprise attack on regime forces in the eastern Qalamoun region at the edge of Syrian desert, leaving nine troops killed, rebel spokesman said Saturday. Said Seif, spokesman for Ahmed al-Abdo Battalions, said the US-backed rebel group has also...

The Syrian regime army has in effect cut off the two large eastern Ghouta towns of Douma and Harasta by advancing into areas between them and the rest of the rebel enclave, and by bringing roads linking them into firing range, a war monitor said. The advances on Saturday morning...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Tahrir al-Sham and rebel groups based in southern suburbs of Damascus have agreed to evacuate al-Qadam district on Saturday, source told Zamana al-Wasl. The evacuation process of former al-Qaeda fighters and some Islamist factions has begun as tens of fighters...