( ESPN )- ON A COOL February afternoon, one of Syria's greatest soccer players sits outside a mall on the Persian Gulf, paralyzed by a decision that he fears could kill him. For five years, Firas al-Khatib has boycotted the Syrian national team to protest dictator Bashar al-Assad, who...

Syrian regime army captured an airbase in eastern Aleppo from ISIS Saturday, after more than two months of fierce clashes, a military source and activists said. The Jarrah airbase had been under ISIS control since January 2014, when the extremists seized it from rebels who had captured it a...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least seven regime army troops were killed on Friday when ISIS struck their bastions in the eastern countryside of Homs city, pro-regime media said. Zaman al-Wasl reporter said ISIS fighters had ambushed regime forces in al-Shumariya mountains that lie on the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State fighters launched surprise attack on regime forces and allied militias in the northwestern Hama province overnight, killing and wounding 28 troops, pro-regime news feeds said Friday. The attack took place north of Salamiyya city near a highway links...