The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces militia has advanced to within four kilometers north and east of ISIS's Syrian bastion Raqqa, a spokesperson and monitor said Tuesday. The advances bring the SDF, a Kurdish-Arab alliance, closer than ever to the extremist group's most important...

( The Guardian )- An RAF drone strike disrupted a public killing being staged by Islamic State in Syria last week, according to the Ministry of Defence. A sentry from Isis was killed by a Hellfire missile fired from a Reaper drone, the MoD said. The MoD issues regular updates of...

The Syrian government Tuesday denied U.S. accusations that a crematorium had been built at one of its prisons that could be used to dispose of detainees' remains. A foreign ministry statement published by state news agency SANA said the U.S. administration had come out with "a new Hollywood...

  On October 10, 2013, 268 Syrian refugees, including 60 children, were died when their boat capsized 60 miles south of the Italian island of Lampedusa, according to leaked recordings. (Zaman Al Wasl)- Leaked sound recordings of the disaster of drowning of large boat carrying...