(Zaman Al Wasl)-  ISIS is preparing for a major offensive against Syrian Democratic Forces, a U.S-backed alliance of Kurds and Arabs, in al-Shadadi town south of Hasakah province, Syria's Local Coordination Committees revealed. LCC said it was informed that a meeting took place in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State took four villages on Monday from a U.S.-backed alliance of Arabs and Kurds in the western countryside of Hasakah province, sources told Zaman al-Wasl.   ISIS fighters who engaged in fierce fighting with Syrian Democratic Forces in Jabal Abdul Aziz region...

 Reporting by Ahmad Primo; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces backed by intense Russian air strikes have closed in on Aleppo city in their most significant advance since Moscow intervened in September in support of Bashar al-Assad's ailing government....

At least nine civilians and 16 separatist fighters were killed as security forces try to root out Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast, the army and the region's biggest parliamentary party said separately on Monday. Security forces have imposed 24-hour...