Syrian regime forces Friday advanced against Daesh (ISIS) militants in the south of Damascus, state media said, after more than a week of bombardment on the area. "Army units backed by the air force and artillery have advanced on numerous axes" in southern Damascus, including the...

 Turkey's state-run news agency says Turkish authorities have detained four suspected senior Daesh (ISIS) extremists in an operation in the Aegean coastal city of Izmir. Anadolu Agency said Friday the suspects include the group's so-called "emir," or ruler, of Deir al-Zor, a major...

Syrian families who had to flee Afrin because of terror are now returning to their homes in small groups. On Thursday, a group of 130 Syrians, children among them, applied to the Oncupinar Migration Office in the southeastern Kilis province, the Anadolu Agency correspondent in the...

Syrian state media is reporting that government forces have pushed into a Damascus neighborhood held by Daesh (ISIS) from different directions and captured buildings on several street blocks and tunnels used by the extremists. State news agency SANA said Thursday that dozens of Daesh...