(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 11 regime soldiers and an Iranian colonel were killed by rebels in coastal Latakia province, commander told Zaman al-Wasl Thursday. The mostly local fighters have thwarted regime attack on al-Kabbana village in Jabal al-Akrad, killing and wounding dozens. The...

(Middle East Eye)- Sasha Naffaa knows how lonely it can be to leave your friends behind when you move to a new country. That’s why the fourth grader hopes a stuffed animal, designed specifically to welcome Syrian refugee children to Canada, can help ease their difficult transition....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Head of the Political Office of Thuwar al-Raqqa Front Mahmoud al-Hadi said Wednesday the tribesmen group will lead the battle against ISIS to expel it from the center of the province which ISIS controls since January 2014. Al-Hadi clarified in a statement to Zaman al-Wasl...

ISIS attacked the Syrian army near the city of Palmyra Thursday, killing dozens of soldiers and advancing to within 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) of the city, an activist group said. The Syrian army, backed by Russian jets, recaptured Palmyra, the site of a Roman-era city and spectacular ruins,...