The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have seized 350 square km (135 square miles) in the past week, tightening "their noose" on Islamic State in an advance to isolate its base of operations at Raqqa, a spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition said on Wednesday. Some 3,000 to 4,000...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Zaman al-Wasl publishes names of the military pilots who operate in Shayrat airfield east of the central city of Homs, the military base that stood behind the deadly Khan Sheikhoun chemical attack on April 4. Zaman al-Wasl, also, is publishing names of T-4 and...

Palestinians held municipal elections on Saturday in the occupied West Bank, a first democratic exercise in years, but one that has also raised tensions between the rival Fatah and Hamas movements. With no legislative or presidential elections in sight, the municipal ballot is seen as a...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least seven regime army troops were killed on Friday when ISIS struck their bastions in the eastern countryside of Homs city, pro-regime media said. Zaman al-Wasl reporter said ISIS fighters had ambushed regime forces in al-Shumariya mountains that lie on the...