Islamic State militants in Raqqa are passing themselves off as civilians to try to avoid intensifying air strikes and shooting anyone caught trying to escape their Syrian bastion as U.S.-backed coalition forces close in, witnesses said. At a camp for the displaced in the village of Ain Issa...

(Eqtsad)- Several Syrians wishing to obtain new passports from the Syrian consulate in Istanbul complained about brokers’ offices and individuals scamming them by selling them fake appoints. The complaints emerge as its remains impossible for Syrians to register for an appointment on the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime helicopters have dropped more than 600 barrel bombs on southern Daraa province in the last two weeks as well its warplanes have conducted at least 180 raids, including 83 Napalm bomb raids, Civil Defense said Thursday. The local monitoring group said also 580...

(Zaman Al Wasl) At the regime security zone in Qamishli city, a few meters separate regime army members and a People’s Protection Unit traffic policeman. Neither party seems concerned with the other. The famous security zone in Qamishli city, which generated many questions for Syrians, is a...