Jihadis from ISIS took control of the northern sector of Syria's historic city of Palmyra Wednesday, activists said. "ISIS fighters seized the northern parts of the city, which amount to a third of Palmyra," said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. "Regime...

Key rebel group in Eastern Ghouta suburbs near Damascus, Jaysh al-Islam, has tightened the noose on 39 Brigade after three days of fierce fighting, taking control 3 checkpoints, rebel commander said Wednesday. Islam Army's spokesman, Islam Allouh, told Zaman al-Wasl that powerful air...

   Fatah Army keep an eye on Bashar al-Assad's last stronghold in Idlib province, massing troops to capture mountainous town of Ariha, a day after the takeover of al-Mastouma camp. Ariha has been witnessing fierce clashes since three weeks on the enclaves of the town, but rebels'...

Kurdish forces backed by U.S.-led air strikes are pressing an attack on Islamic State in northeastern Syria that has killed at least 170 members of the jihadist group this week, a Kurdish official and a monitoring group said on Wednesday. The official said Kurdish YPG fighters and allied...