Dozens of ISIS fighters cornered in a northern part of Syria's Tabqa are holding off US-backed forces that hold almost all of the city, a monitor said Sunday. Tabqa sits on the Euphrates River and on a strategic supply route about 55 kilometers (35 miles) west of Raqa, the Syrian heart of...

Agreement has been reached to evacuate wounded fighters of the hardline Islamist group formerly known as Nusra Front from Yarmouk, in the southern suburbs of Damascus, to rebel-held Idlib province, Hezbollah-affiliated al-Manar TV reported on Sunday. The agreement is the second phase of an...

Waterlogged parts of eastern Canada were hit with more rain early Sunday, as freshly deployed troops helped evacuate residents ahead of peak flooding expected in the coming days. Torrential rains combined with runoff from melting snow have caused rivers to overflow their banks, posing a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Regime forces stepped up their shelling of the villages of al-Asfar, al-Sakia and Khirbat Sa'ad in the north-eastern Swaida countryside under the control of Syrian resistance factions. Facebook page Swaida 24 reported regime army escalation in the region is renewed...