Syrian militias backed by U.S.-led air strikes have repelled a second Islamic State counter attack in 24 hours near a city being targeted in a major offensive against the jihadist group, an official and a monitoring group said on Monday. The Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance...

 Turkey has proposed cooperating with Moscow to combat Islamic State in Syria, suggesting it could open its Incirlik Air Base to Russia - comments that highlighted a revival in ties strained by Turkey's shooting down of a Russian warplane last year. Moscow pledged to rebuild relations...

Translation by Rana Abdul  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Clashes erupted on Sunday between Syrian regime forces and Asayish, the security wing of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), in Hasakah city under joint control of both sides. Mahmoud al-Ahmad, an activist, indicated th at...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)-  Nusra Front arrested Sunday one of its members who had killed a captive pilot after his warplane crashed on Friday in Qalamoun region northeast of Damascus, the al-Qaeda's Syria branch said in statement. The jihadist will hold to accountability, Nusra said. In...