(Zaman Al Wasl)- US-backed Syria Democratic Forces on Friday took two villages from ISIS east of Raqqa city, the group’s de facto capital where the third phase of major offensive to seize it from ISIS has been announced early this week. The rapid gains by the Kurdish-led forces come along...

They are fighting the world's most feared jihadists, but hundreds of Arab female fighters battling the Islamic State group in Syria are also confronting the disapproval of their relatives and society. "I braved my tribal clan, my father, my mother. Now I'm braving the enemy," says...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The US-backed Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) in northern Aleppo province have handed over several villages to the Syrian regime due to a Russian-brokered deal reached Thursday, activists and regime media said. Pro-government media outlets said the deal will allow people of...

(The Guardian)- A self-styled “revolutionary” from Blackburn is believed to have become the first British woman to travel to Syria to join the fight against Isis. Kimberly Taylor, 27, left the UK to join the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ), the all-female affiliate army of the...