Key rebel groups operating under Al-Shamiya Front in northern city of Aleppo have decided to dissolve their coalition as defections rise, well-informed sources told Zaman al-Wasl. The 4-month-old alliance reached an end as number of Islamist factions defected and formed a new group...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islam Army on Thursday launched an attack on Islamic State bases in Barzeh and Qaboun neighborhoods in Damascus, killing 4 and holding captive 20 militants, the key rebel group said in statement. Islam Army, an Islamist faction operates in Eastern Ghouta district, says...

Latest U.N. efforts to resolve the  Syria  crisis could succeed this time and lead to a united front against Islamic State followed by a political transition, Russia's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva said. Earlier this week, the United...

The man in charge of the troubled U.S.-led program to train and equip a new Syrian rebel army is leaving his job, yet another sign of the deep troubles with the Barack Obama administration’s plan to fight the Islamic State in Syria. Major General Michael Nagata, who has been leading...