(Reuters)-  Syrian insurgents led by Islamist groups began a major offensive to gain full control of the divided northern city of Aleppo, a monitor and rebels said on Thursday. The fall of Syria's main commercial hub would be a major blow for President Bashar al-Assad, restricting his...

ISIS militants are looting ancient sites across Iraq and Syria on an industrial scale and selling on treasures to middlemen to raise cash, Irina Bokova, the head of the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO said Thursday. One fifth of Iraq's about 10,000 official world-renowned sites were under ISIS...

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Zaman al-Wasl has occupied a special rank among Syrian digital media outlets as rates, figures and followers on social media reflect a remarkable role has been played by the ten-year-old newspaper. A role that took shape by the beginning of the Syrian revolution in...

Syria's main Kurdish party warned Turkey on Wednesday that any military intervention would threaten international peace and said the country's main Kurdish militia is ready to face any "aggression." Meanwhile, a Syrian rebel group released a video showing 18 Islamic State militants being shot...