(Zaman Al Wasl)- Dominant Islam Army rebel group, in statement issued Sunday, said its had killed 16 Islamic State fighters in an ambush in the Eastern Qalamoun region near Iraqi borders. Islam Army's special forces units have ambushed ISIS fighters between al-Dhaba'a and Bir al-Manqoura...

A convoy carrying medical aid on Saturday entered the besieged rebel-controlled Douma area, a flashpoint near the Syrian capital, the Red Crescent said. The aid consists of medicines and also milk for children, said Syrian Red Crescent director of operations Hazem Bakla, quoted by state news...

Israel voiced doubt on Sunday that an international ceasefire plan for Syria would work, with one senior official suggesting a sectarian partition of the country might be preferable. While formally neutral on the five-year civil war wracking its neighbor, Israel has some sway among the world...

An ambush by Syrian rebels on pro-regime forces near Damascus this week killed 76 fighters, a monitor said Saturday, in one of the deadliest attacks of its kind since the conflict began. Fighters from the powerful Jaish al-Islam (Army of Islam) rebel group opened fire last Sunday on around 240...