The leader of al-Qaeda has ordered the re-organization of jihadist efforts in Syria and Iraq by abolishing the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) and giving the Nusra Front sole responsibility for activities in war-torn Syria.   In an audio tape...

  7 Rebel groups announced in video statement the establishment of a command room to launch the battle of al Badiya (Desert) in north Syria. The main goal according to the fighting groups is to cut the logistic supplies of Bashar al-Assad. More than 120,000...

  Troops backed by Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah fighters and other pro-regime militiamen on Thursday retook Sbeineh, a major rebel enclave south of Damascus, a monitoring group and state television said.   "Sbeineh was one of the most important...

The Islamic State of Iraq and The Levant captured the main power zone in Aleppo, killing more than 20 soldiers of Basher al-Assad troops, reliable source confirmed to Zaman Alwasl. In response, Assad's warplanes waged violent raids on the zone what may damage the power...