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Thuwar al-Raqqa group vows to expel ISIS from de-facto capital

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Head of the Political Office of Thuwar al-Raqqa Front Mahmoud al-Hadi said Wednesday the tribesmen group will lead the battle against ISIS to expel it from the center of the province which ISIS controls since January 2014. Al-Hadi clarified in a statement to Zaman al-Wasl...

ISIS makes advances toward Palmyra

ISIS attacked the Syrian army near the city of Palmyra Thursday, killing dozens of soldiers and advancing to within 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) of the city, an activist group said. The Syrian army, backed by Russian jets, recaptured Palmyra, the site of a Roman-era city and spectacular ruins,...

Syrian regime's Aleppo advance slows but victory in sight

The Syrian army's advance in Aleppo slowed on Thursday but a victory was still firmly in sight after President Bashar Assad vowed that retaking the nation's second city would change the course of the six-year civil war in his favor. Lightning gains in recent days in which government forces...

Egypt police arrest son of deposed Islamist president

Egyptian police Thursday arrested the son of former Islamist president Mohamed Morsi on charges linked to a protest against his father's ouster that resulted in hundreds of deaths, officials said. Osama Morsi's lawyer Abdel Moneim Abdel Maksoud said police arrested him at his home in the...