(Soufyan Jbawi; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) The battle of “South Storm” started 4 days ago by Daraa’s rebels to liberate their city from the regime forces. They have formed a central operation room with 7 sections, like emergency, medical, media, information and coordination section....

Mohammad Nasif Khayrbik, a senior Syrian government security official close to President Bashar al-Assad, died Sunday morning after a long illness, state media said. Khayrbik was a key confidante of the Assad family and the target of EU and U.S. sanctions for his alleged role in putting down...

A rebel mortar attack killed four civilians on Sunday in the Syrian capital as government forces battled Islamic State group jihadists in the northern city of Hasakeh, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a mortar round struck Revolution Street in central Damascus,...

President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted on Saturday as saying Turkey would never allow the formation of a Kurdish state embracing its south-east and parts of northern Syria, comments likely to anger Kurds as a peace process with Ankara stalls. Turkey has looked askance as Syrian Kurds have made...