(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime on Sunday freed a prominent Islamist scholar after 12  years in detention, such a release has sparked worries by opposition activists who accused Damascus of fueling radicalism. Sheikh Hassan Soufan, who was released in a prisoner swap deal, has spent over a...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- A fanatic fighter, who appeared in a disturbing footage convincing his two young daughters to take part in suicide missions, has been killed by rebel fighters in Damascus suburbs on Sunday. Abu Nimr, or Abdul Rahman Shadad was shot dead by unknown rebels in al-Qaboun a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The U.S.-backed Syria Democratic Forces on Sunday took a ground from the Islamic State in the western countryside of Raqqa, the group's de facto caliphate capital, according to statement posted online. The YPG-led forces its military campaign, so-called Euphrates Anger, had...

Syrian President Bashar Assad said Sunday he was "saddened by the crash of a Russian military plane on its way to Syria as its crew had wanted to celebrate his army's victory in Aleppo, but the fight against Islamist militants would not be affected. In a condolence message sent to Russian...