(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 29 regime troops from Tartus province have been killed in two weeks by the Islamic State in eastern Syria, pro-regime news feeds said. Since May, the regime forces have been battling ISIS at the gates of Deir Ezzor city and the Syrian Badia, making rapid...

The parliament of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region approved a plan on Friday to hold a referendum on independence on Sept. 25, ignoring opposition from Baghdad and the wider region as well as Western concerns that the vote could spark fresh conflict. Parliament reconvened in Erbil,...

U.S.-backed Syrian militias will not let government forces cross the Euphrates River in their bid to recover eastern Syria, their commander said on Friday, but Russia said army units had already done so near the city of Deir al-Zor. An aide to President Bashar al-Assad meanwhile said...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- A Syrian regime warplane failed to take off due to technical failure in Dumayr airport east of the capital, local activist told Zaman al-Wasl on Friday. Activist Omar Hamdan said the warplane had been crashed after hitting an army barrack  near the airport at...