(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State took four villages on Monday from a U.S.-backed alliance of Arabs and Kurds in the western countryside of Hasakah province, sources told Zaman al-Wasl.   ISIS fighters who engaged in fierce fighting with Syrian Democratic Forces in Jabal Abdul Aziz region...

At least nine civilians and 16 separatist fighters were killed as security forces try to root out Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast, the army and the region's biggest parliamentary party said separately on Monday. Security forces have imposed 24-hour...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian Democratic Forces arrested about 150 tribesmen in northeastern Raqqa province as they refused to join the U.S.-backed alliance to fight ISIS, activists said Sunday. Media activist said SDF fighters have waged a series of raids on the Arab villages of...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed anger over a U.S. official's visit to a Kurdish militia group controlling the Syrian town of Kobane, urging Washington to choose between Turkey and the "terrorists" there. A delegation including senior U.S. diplomat Brett McGurk, special envoy...