(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State fighters took the central town of Mahin east of Homs city for the second time in two years, an affiliate news agency said Sunday, a move set off alarm bells over a nearby ancient Christian town. Activists said the radical group seek to control Syrian regime's...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Nusra Front fighters on Saturday have recaptured a ground from regime troops and their allies in the southern countryside of Aleppo, the al-Qaeda branch in Syria said via social media. Nusra Fighters have recaptured al-Qarasi and al Jameeiya hills, and  Maryamin...

 A newly formed U.S.-backed Syrian rebel alliance on Saturday launched an offensive against Islamic State in the northeast province of Hasaka, a day after the United States said it would send special forces to advise insurgents fighting the jihadists. It was the first declared...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 7 people have been killed by Syrian regime in the northern countryside of Homs on Saturday, three of them passed away in a toxic-gas attack, activists said, reporting 35 suffocation cases. Homs Media Center said regime military had fired a missile carrying poisonous...