(Zaman al-Wasl)- Islamic State on Monday downed a regime mig-21 in the eastern province of Deir ez-Zor, killing its pilot, local activists said. Notorious Pilot General Ali Hamze, who was born in Misyaf town in Hama countryside, was shot down with his warplane in al-Thardeh mountain. A...

Syrian government troops, supported by Russian air forces, repelled an offensive by militants on the northern fringes of Syria's largest city of Aleppo on Tuesday, killing 40 attackers, RIA news agency quoted Russia's Defence Ministry as saying. On Monday, the Syrian military declared a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Rebels of besieged al-Waer neighborhood in Homs city said their leave will be under the U.N. umbrella, refusing regime demands on Monday to evacuate the key district in the central city under the Red Crescent cover, local negotiation committee said. The planned evacuation of...

The Turkish military said on Monday Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters had taken control of two residential areas from Daesh. In a statement, the Turkish General Staff said the Sandarah and Kardish areas, located in Syria's Al-Rai town, were taken as part of Operation Euphrates Shield. This...