(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels pressed Friday more advances northeast Hama province, taking control of two villages and strategic hills, activists and local reporter said. Islamist fighters operating under the Army of Conquest banner took Atshan and Um Hartin villages from Syrian regime army...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels took control of strategic hill northeast Hama province late on Thursday after heavy clashes with regime troops and their allied militias, killing at least 50, a rebel commander said. Ajnad al Sham, key rebel unit in the Army of Conquest, and other Islamist...

Although Russia claimed to be targeting terrorism when it launched airstrikes in Syria last month, moderate opposition groups and civilians in their controlled areas were the most affected, even more than Daesh. The Russian Defense Ministry claimed Tuesday that its air forces hit 2,084...

At a dusty checkpoint on the front line facing ISIL in northern Syria, a steady trickle of cars, vans and trucks passes by on their way from Raqqa, the extremist group’s main stronghold. The checkpoint near the town of Ain Issa is no more than an abandoned building beside a dirt track,...