As Islamic State group fighters steadily lose chunks of their Syrian bastion Raqa to a US-backed force, the jihadists are ramping up the ferocity of their counter-attacks. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) first broke into Raqa in early June and have advanced in a pincer-like motion towards...

The Kurdish-led administration in northern Syria will hold elections for local councils and a regional assembly in September, November and January, a Kurdish official said on Saturday on a social networking feed. Kurdish groups and their allies control swathes of northern Syria in areas held...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Head of the political bureau in the Mutasim Brigade Mustapha Segari said that the suspension of US fund to fighting factions was limited to halt of the support of the CIA, pointing out that the Pentagon still supports some factions. In an interview with Zaman al-Wasl, he...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Jaish Osoud al-Sharqiya killed 15 regime troops in the Syrian desert, known as al-Badiya, when its artillery and Grad rockets pounded an army stronghold in Um Remam area, spokesman said Friday. Said Seif, press officer of the U.S.-backed group that operates in...