Reporting by Abdul Salam Bakri; Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman al-Wasl)- In a surprising manner, Syria's oil ministry withdrew the drilling and excavating machinery from al-Mashaheer neighborhood in Latakia city few days go. Conflicting reports say it was by Russian orders or it is due a...

France has deployed special forces in northern Syria to advise the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighting the ISIS group, a defense ministry official said Thursday. "The offensive at Manbij is clearly being backed by a certain number of states including France. It's the usual support -- it's...

: ISIS' far-flung enemies in Syria and Iraq pressed ahead on Wednesday with major advances on multiple fronts that have put some of the greatest pressure on the ultra-hardline Islamists since they declared their caliphate two years ago. A spokesman for a U.S.-backed alliance in northern Syria...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State had a surprise withdrawal from nine villages in the northern countryside of Aleppo, sources said. According to the sources, Isis withdrew from Sandaf village and Kafr Kalbeen and Kaljabreen towns and hence lifted the blockade off Mare’ city. Isis as well...