The ancient mud brick walls circling Raqqa’s deserted old city are almost the only structure still intact. Inside, shops and homes spill crumbling concrete onto either side of the narrow roads, block after block. Fighting between U.S.-backed militias and Daesh (ISIS) in the militant group’s...

(Eqtsad)- US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have been using the Euphrates Dam near the town of Tabaqa as a bridge to transport hundreds of fuel tankers and livestock to the government-held areas, well-informed source said on Friday. Former director of the Euphrates Dam...

(The  Independent)- The Russian air force arrived in Syria two years ago this week to save President Bashar al-Assad and his army. They succeeded. The Syrian army held out, albeit at the cost of (then) 56,000 of its soldiers.  “We’re not going to have another Afghanistan...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 30 regime troops killed in US airstrikes on their convoy after the regime made an incursion into the 55km "de-confliction zone" surrounding the US base near al-Tanaf border crossing with Iraq, rebel commander said on Thursday. Saeed Saif, spokesman for...