U.S.-backed Syrian forces fought Islamic State militants on Thursday inside the city of Manbij for the first time since they laid siege to the militant stronghold near the Turkish border, a monitor said. The British-based Observatory for Human Rights said heavy clashes were taking place in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime has released a veteran Syriac figure after two years and half in dentition, official told Zaman al-Wasl. Engineer Gabriel Koriya, head of the political office of the Syriac Democratic Organization was freed from Adra prison. Such a step that met with relief with...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia's air strikes on the ISIS-held city of Raqqa killed 18 civilians and wounded 20 on Tuesday, local monitoring group said. Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) said Wednesday the death toll from Russian strikes have risen to 18 since 10 people were killed...

The U.S.-led coalition fighting ISIS in Syria and Iraq said Wednesday it was tightening the noose around militants in the Syrian city of Manbij near the Turkish border but expected them to fight to the end to defend their stronghold. A U.S.-backed alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters...