French-Swiss cement maker Lafarge said Tuesday its offices were being searched for information on financial links to extremist groups in Syria, including Daesh (ISIS). "French investigators are in the process of investigating our offices," a Lafarge spokeswoman told AFP, confirming a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces have made new gains in Khabur basin near the Turkish border, taking strategic town on Sunday. Kurdish news feeds said. The SDF seized the town of al-Basira from Daesh east of Deri Ezzor city after a week of clashes. Meanwhile,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces on Sunday have freed 19 ISIS fighters mostly tribesmen from Mahmudli village west of Raaq city, local activists said. The release of local fighters followed a mediation top tribal figures with the Kurdish-led alliance that defeated...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 15 civilians were killed and wounded in the US-led coalition airstrikes on ISIS-held village in Hasaka province, local activists said. Mohamed kheder told Zaman al-Wasl that the strikes had targeted al-Douaij village. ISIS said 53 members of the...