A Syrian Kurdish militia said on Monday it was in near full control of the northeastern city of Hasaka, expanding its sway at the expense of the Damascus government in the wake of an Islamic State attack in the area. Full control of Hasaka - which was split between the Kurds and...

Unidentified gunmen have assassinated a Free Syrian Army commander in the northern countryside of Aleppo on Sunday, activists told Zaman al-Wasl. Lieutenant Hussein Qentar, a former Syrian army officer who defected to join Syrian revolution, has been found dead near Anadan town. Qentar, who is...

Syrian regime forces on Sunday have made gains in the eastern countryside of Daraa south Syria, taking control of three hills and district close to military airport, field source told Zaman al-Wasl. The fresh advances made by Bashar al-Assad forces near the Jordanian border rang the alarm bells...

Mains water and electricity have returned to large parts of the Syrian city of Aleppo following a three-week cut after al Qaeda's local wing stopped water supplies to pressure the government, a group monitoring the war said on Saturday. Al Qaeda's Nusra Front stopped supplies to...