(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 17 militiants from the Palestinian Liwa al-Quds militia have been killed in a suprpise attack by Daesh (ISIS) in the Syrian desert, Jihadist news feeds reported Thursday. The attack took place east of the central Homs city when Daesh militants hit a military...

Turkish commandos pushed deeper into Syrian territory east of the Euphrates river on the second day of a offensive against Kurdish militia, as a withdrawal by U.S. forces opened up a dangerous new phase in the region’s eight-year-old conflict. Ashamed of Washington’s role in making way for...

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that particularly dangerous Islamic State group fighters held by the Kurds in northeast Syria had been removed to US custody ahead of a Turkish attack Wednesday. While Trump did not give any specifics, the Washington Post reported that US forces...

Oil prices edged up on Wednesday as Turkey launched an offensive in Syria that could disrupt crude production in the region and on hopes of progress in ending the U.S.-China trade war, but a build in U.S. crude inventories limited gains. Brent crude LCOc1 was up 19 cents at $58.43 a barrel...

Countries must reclaim their citizens held in camps in northeast Syria, a senior official of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) told Reuters on Wednesday, as Turkish forces launched an incursion. An estimated 100,000 people - defeated fighters of Islamic State and their...

Two civilians were killed and four others injured in Idlib, a de-escalation zone in Syria’s northwest, when Bashar al-Assad regime carried out attacks, according to local sources on Wednesday. Assad regime’s surface-to-surface missiles in Birnas village left two civilians dead and four...

Turkey's operation east of Euphrates in northern Syria cherishes hopes for Syrian refugees to return to their homes after they were forcibly dislocated by terrorist YPG/PKK since the conflict started in 2011. Syrians living in Turkey’s southeastern Sanliurfa province are looking forward to...

The Turkish operation against Kurdish militants in northern Syria has begun, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, adding that the offensive aimed to eliminate a "terror corridor" along the southern Turkish border. "The Turkish Armed Forces, together with the Syrian National...

French President Emmanuel Macron is very worried at the prospect of a Turkish army operation into areas controlled by Kurdish forces in northern Syria, the presidency said Wednesday. Macon hosted senior Syrian Kurdish official Ilham Ahmed at the Elysee Palace on Monday "to show that France...

Syria’s territorial integrity must be preserved, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday, as Turkish forces prepare to enter the country. U.S. actions in the region are contradictory and Russia is urging dialogue between Damascus and Syria’s Kurds, he told reporters during...

 The Kurdish administration in northeastern Syria called up civilians Wednesday to defend the region against a feared Turkish assault, believed to be imminent. "We announce three days of general mobilization in northern and eastern Syria," it said in a statement, urging all...

Turkish forces and Syrian rebel allies will cross the Syrian border "shortly," a Turkish official said early on Wednesday, as a surprise withdrawal of U.S. troops made way for the Turkish incursion. Turkey has been poised to advance into northeast Syria since the U.S. troops began...

 France's prime minister defended his country's policy in northeastern Syria Tuesday saying that, unlike U.S. hesitations, Paris' priority remained to defeat Islamic State and preserve Kurdish-ked forces fighting the militant group. The U.S. decision to withdraw from northeastern Syria...

 Russia was not informed in advance by the United States or by Turkey about U.S. plans to pull troops back from Syria’s northeast border region ahead of a Turkish military operation, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. Russia, a close ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has emerged as a...

The Kurdish-led authorities in northern Syria may open talks with Damascus and Russia to fill a security vacuum in the event of a full withdrawal of U.S. forces from the Turkish border area, a Syrian Kurdish official said Tuesday. Badran Jia Kurd's comments to Reuters reflect the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian security services arrested 12 women in Damascus suburbs over contacting relatives and husbands in the rebel-held northern Syria, local activists said Tuesday. Activist Bara’a Mohamed told Zaman al-Wasl that 12 women from the capital and its suburbs  were...

 Turkey will not bow to threats over its Syria plans, the Turkish vice president said Tuesday in an apparent response to President Donald Trump's warning to Ankara the previous day about the scope of its planned military incursion into northeastern Syria. Trump said earlier this week...

Turkey said Tuesday it had completed preparations for a military operation in northeast Syria after the United States began pulling back troops, opening the way for a Turkish attack on Kurdish-led forces long allied to Washington. But U.S. President Donald Trump warned he would "obliterate"...

A feared Turkish invasion of northeast Syria could spark a resurgence of the Islamic State group, analysts and Kurdish forces have warned, despite Ankara's pledge to prevent the jihadists' return. Ankara has threatened an offensive in Syria against Kurdish militias it considers terrorists...

President Donald Trump has threatened to destroy Turkey's economy if Turkey goes "off limits" after his decision to pull US forces out of north-eastern Syria. In a series of tweets, Mr Trump defended his move that could open the way for Turkey to launch an attack on Kurdish fighters...