Tens of thousands of Syrian civilians have fled advancing Russian-backed government forces fighting ISIS extremists in the north over the past week, activists said Saturday. Most of the more than 30,000 fleeing civilians in Aleppo province were women and children, the Syrian Observatory for...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Inside a cold and dark cell in Homs’ Central Prison, the time had been frozen for four years and a half years for Hani al-Homsi (a pseudonym). Al-Homsi was moved around between different military intelligence branches, but spent the longest duration in Saydnaya prison (18...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Kurdish PYD militia on Friday attacked three Kurdish National Council headquarters and its affiliated political parties in the cities of al-Qamishli, al-Darbasiyah, and al-Malikiyah in Hasakah on Friday, activists said. The PYD supporters destroyed the office furniture and...

(The Independent)- The looming defeat of Isis in northern Syria is pushing the country’s six-year civil war into a new and dangerous phase as warring parties turn on each other, analysts have warned. The battle to defeat jihadis has made uneasy allies out of forces backed by countries...