Fighting between the Syrian army and Kurdish forces intensified late on Friday and into Saturday, creating the risk of yet another front opening in the multi-sided civil war. The two sides have mostly avoided confrontation during the five-year conflict, with the government focusing its efforts...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Mohammad Za’al al-Ali, the governor of al-Hasakah province, directed a speech filled with pleading and groveling terms for the Democratic Union Party militia calling them “brothers in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party,” reminding them of what the regime has presented...

Reporting by Faris al-Rifai (Zaman Al Wasl) A number of Syrian activists and organizations working in the field of documentation, justice, and human rights launched a campaign under the title, “Syria with No Mines” that aims at raising awareness within Syrian society of the danger of...

 Russian warships in the Mediterranean Sea fired cruise missiles at targets near Aleppo on Friday, a further sign of Moscow's broadening military effort in Syria days after it began to fly bombing missions from an airbase in Iran. Russian air power had helped Syrian President Bashar...