The Islamic State group launched a counter-attack against fighters trying to capture the Syrian city of Manbij on Monday, inflicting heavy casualties on the U.S.-backed forces, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the militants said. The monitor said the militants won back three...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Vice President of the Syrian opposition's National Coalition demanded investigation of Syrian civilians killed on the borders with Turkey on Sunday confirming victims who wanted to flee the war and oppression were massacred with live bullets. Samira Masalmeh’s demands came...

ZAATARI REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan (AP) — Salam Ashara and his family left Syria in early 2013, when no one expected the civil war in their country to rage for years with no signs of relenting and create the worst refugee crisis since World War II. The Asharas were among the first families to...

Writing by Oqab Malek; Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- A military source said Syrian Mig-21 was downed on Sunday due to technical failure and lack of experience of the pilot who was killed in the crash. Pilot Major Ayham Khadra from Kalamakhou in Qardaha city, home town of Bashar...