(Zaman Al Wasl)- Kurdish PYD militia launched a series of arrests in villages affiliated to al-Haul in eastern countryside of Hasaka province, local activists said. The arrests came as residents of al-Haul were planning to rally after Friday prayers to demand return of displaced people who...

 Syrian mediators reached an agreement Friday for the release of some 300 cement workers kidnapped by the ISIS, a monitor said, but it was unclear exactly how many were freed. ISIS abducted the employees on Monday from Al-Badia cement factory outside the town of Dumeir, around 50...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Free Syrian Army fighters on Friday have taken new ground from an Islamic State-linked groups in the western countryside of Daraa as clashes enter its third week in the southern province, activists said. The moderate FSA fighters have recaptured the town of Tsail from the...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime has complied with rebels’ demands to ease the siege imposed the northeastern countryside of Homs province in order to get back the water supplies to loyal areas, local reporter said Friday. Ceasing bombardment on civilians, allow...