Three hundred families of ISIS fighters have fled the extremists' self-proclaimed Syrian capital of Raqqa in 24 hours, as rival forces encircle the city, activists said Saturday. The pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said "300 families of foreign fighters of ISIS have...

On the walls of a former ISIS-run jail, Syrian detainees whiled away endless months by scrawling phrases and poems, praying for freedom or bidding farewell to loved ones. One former prisoner of the extremists, Khalifah al-Khidr, returned to his cell in Al-Bab's jail two weeks after the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Senior air force pilots from Iran visited Shuairat military airport in central Homs province on Wednesday as the Syrian regime’s key ally sends more troops to bolster army against ISIS and moderate rebels, well-informed sources said. Most of Syria’s airbase turned to...

A double bomb attack targeting Shi'ite pilgrims in Damascus killed at least 40 Iraqis and wounded 120 more who were going to pray at a nearby shrine, the Iraqi foreign ministry said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Saturday's attack, which the Hezbollah-run al-Manar TV...