(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 13 people were killed in eastern Deir Ezzor city when the Islamic State struck regime-held neighborhoods with mortar shells and rockets late on Monday, the group's news feeds said.   ISIS has stepped up its shelling on the besieged neighborhoods of al-Joura...

( Al-Monitor )- Hamidreza Azizi explains that the Russian proposal for de-escalation or safe zones in Syria “is not only the best approach for Moscow and Tehran to preserve their core interests in the country, but it could also act as a factor that brings the two countries even closer...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S.-led coalition has stepped up its aerial campaign on Raqqa city in suppoart of Kurdish militia days before launching major offensive to expel ISIS from the de facto capital of the caliphate. Local monitoring group, Raqaa Is being Slaughtered Silently said coalition...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Kurdish Democratic Union militia on Sunday has mourned 4 members killed by the Islamic State in the eastern provinces of Hasaka and Raqqa, activist told Zaman al-Wasl. YPG, the armed wing of PYD, is a key group in the U.S.-led Syrian Democratic Forces where hundreds...