U.S.-backed militias said they had launched their final assault on Syria’s Raqqa on Sunday after a convoy of Islamic State fighters left the city, leaving only a hardcore of jihadists to mount a last stand. “The battle will continue until the whole city is clean,” said a statement...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S.-backed Kurdish militias seized 8 villages from the Islamic State near Markada town, the last ISIS stronghold in Hasaka province, local activists said on Sunday. Abdulmalek al-Ali said the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) had captured the town of al-Hasain in the...

A Syrian fashion designer has sparked anger after she posed on the catwalk with models dressed in Syrian military uniforms at a show in Lebanon. Manal Ajaj made the political statement on Wednesday at the end of her fashion show "Jasmin Goddess" at a hotel in Beirut. The...

ISIS is on the verge of defeat in Syria's Raqqa and the city may finally be cleared of the militants on Saturday or Sunday, the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia told Reuters on Saturday. The U.S.-led coalition against ISIS said around 100 of the jihadist group's fighters had surrendered in Raqqa...