Kurdish fighters in the battleground Syrian town of Kobane weathered an onslaught by Islamic State group militants on Tuesday as they awaited promised reinforcements. The Kurdish militia faced a fierce attack by IS fighters, including suicide bombers, late on Monday, that appeared...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Key rebel group Soqour al-Sham has mourned senior commander killed on Monday in the ongoing clashes in Hama province, activists said. The general commander, Abu Issa al-Sheikh, in statement posted online, mourned Raddad Khallouf, the field...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 40 fighters of Nusra Front have joined the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, defecting al-Qaeda wing in Syria to fight US- led coalition with the mother group, monitoring body said on Tuesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Former Saudi officer, who joined the Islamic State of iraq and Syria group, has been killed on Monday by Kurdish militants in the border city of Kobani, Zaman al-Wasl reporter said. Former Major in the Saudi Interior ministry,...