(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State fighters shot down a Russian helicopter on Thursday in the central province of Hama, sources said. The Ka-52 Alligator was shot down near the strategic town of Uqayribat while the ISIS fighters were withdrawing from their last stronghold in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 14 fleeing people have been killed late on Thursday in renewed Russian airstrikes on eastern Deir Ezzor province, topping death toll of strikes on displaced people to 62 in 48 hours, local media group said. Furat Post news site said the strikes had targeted...

(The  Independent)- The Russian air force arrived in Syria two years ago this week to save President Bashar al-Assad and his army. They succeeded. The Syrian army held out, albeit at the cost of (then) 56,000 of its soldiers.  “We’re not going to have another Afghanistan...

Syria is in the throes of its worst fighting since the battle for eastern Aleppo last year, with heavy air strikes causing hundreds of civilian casualties, aid agencies said on Thursday. Hospitals, schools and people fleeing violence have been “targeted by direct air strikes” that...