Russian aircraft have hit positions of the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front near the Syrian city of Aleppo, thwarting an attempted offensive, Russia's Defence Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. It also said that up to 1,500 militants controlled by the Nusra Front (Jabhat...

Translation by Yusar Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Death of Abu Firas al-Souri in a U.S. air strikes on Sunday was a big blow for Jihadist movements in general and for al-Nusra Front in particular. The strike that hit his building in Aleppo has ended almost 40 years of jihadi life in Syria and...

Islamic State fighters launched attacks on government-held areas near Damascus overnight on Tuesday in an apparent response to the group's loss of ground elsewhere in Syria. The jihadist group said in a statement it had attacked the Tishrin power station 50 km (30 miles)...

(Zaman Al Wasl- Reuters)- The Syrian regime army and its allies launched a big attack overnight on rebels south of Aleppo, described as the fiercest regime assault in the area since a cessation of hostilities agreement came into effect in February. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a...