Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Dozens of casualties among regime forces resulted from battles to regain important sites in Jabal al-Akrad in the countryside of Latakia, when rebels besieged the Shalaf castle and exploded a car bomb among defeated forces in the village of Wadi...

Turkey vowed to root out allies of the U.S.-based cleric it blames for an abortive coup last week, widening a purge of the army, police and judiciary on Tuesday to universities and schools, the intelligence agency and religious authorities. Around 50,000 soldiers, police, judges, civil...

Writing by Ethar Abdulhaq (Zaman Al Wasl)- A Turkish newspaper confirmed that aircraft of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was harassed by two F16s when Erdogan was returning to Istanbul from a holiday in Marmaris south of Turkey during the coup attempt. The Daily Sabah Newspaper...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime air force leadership has signed a contract with the Iranian Pars Company for aircraft manufacturer to repair 5 Antonov 26 in the framework of military cooperation, source said. The source, an officer in regime ranks, confirmed that at least one Antonov...