Iraqi troops on Sunday fortified their positions in Mosul neighborhoods retaken from the Islamic State group as their advance toward the city center was slowed by sniper fire and suicide bombings, as well as concern over the safety of civilians. "The biggest hindrance to us is the civilians,...

Twenty-five fighters and civilians were killed in a car-bomb attack targeting Syrian rebels in the northern province of Aleppo on Thursday, the rebel group said. Yasser Yusef, a senior official of the Nureddine al-Zinki group, told AFP that the attack in the town of Azaz "bore the hallmarks"...

(Eqtsad)-It seems that the winter in Daraa in its sixth year from the Syrian revolution will be unusually hard, the harsh cold came early this year in conjunction with very hard economic conditions which are becoming increasingly worse at a time where there is an extreme shortage in fuel and...

(THE WALL STREET JOURNAL)- The front line that divides Aleppo is marked by sandbags and overturned vehicles and zigzags through the cobblestone streets of the Old City’s historic souk. Despite years of bombardment by the Syrian regime and rebel counterattacks, the line has barely moved....