The next stage of elections will be held in Kurdish-held areas in northern Syria on December 1.  Over 30 parties and entities will participate in the elections of representatives for local councils, Ibrahim Ibrahim, a spokesperson for the PYD, the dominant party in the Kurdish...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces took an oil-rich ground from ISIS along the Iraqi border near the town of Albu Kamal, the Kurdish-led alliance said on Sunday. The YPG-led forces are now 9 km (6 miles) far from Albu Kamal, such a progress may spark a battle with the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- ISIS-planted landmines have killed five civilians in eastern Raqqa city, local monitoring group said on Saturday. Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently said 5 people had been killed in explosives left by ISIS militants. The radical group was defeated by the US-backed...

Syria’s grinding war has killed over 340,000 people since it broke out in 2011, including more than 100,000 civilians, an activist group said Friday. The death toll increased as key international powers step up diplomatic efforts to bring an end to the brutal conflict, and just days...