A U.S.-backed Kurdish-led force battling the Islamic State group in Syria will be in control of Raqqa "within a few days" after attacking the last militant-held pocket of the city, a spokesman for the force said Monday. Mustafa Bali of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, or...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia’s concrete efforts have succeeded in releasing a regime military pilot from a supposed 12-year imprisonment in Turkey and delivering him to the Syrian regime. After finishing his court papers on Friday, Turkish authorities has deported Colonel Mohammed...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels have handed over Bab al-Salama border crossing with Turkey to the opposition’s Interim Government on Tuesday, local activists said. The strategic crossing near Azaz town in northern Aleppo province will be under the full control of the Coalition's...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- About 20 thousands people have been trapped by the Islamic State in the newly-captured town of Qaryatayn east of Homs, activists said. Media activist Abdullah al-Kareem said ISIS is using civilains as human shields refusing to let them leave to the eastern countryside...