Turkish-backed forces in northern Syria aim to push Islamic State militants further south from al-Bab and are currently 12 or 13 km (8 miles) from the town, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. Turkey launched an incursion into Syria in August in support of largely Turkmen and...

(Zaman al-Wasl) Electricity blackout continues in the city of Latakia and most of the cities and countryside of Latakia province since Friday evening, following the Syrian resistance targeting the Mahardah power station which provides the province with electricity.  The activist...

(The New Arab)- Egypt's Islamic State group affiliate claimed responsibility for the murder of a general in the North Sinai region on Friday. Brigadier General Hisham Mahmoud Abu al-Azm was shot several times as he returned to his home in al-Arish by armed gunmen who later fled the scene on...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 13 ISIS fighters have been killed by coalition airstrikes and clashes with the Free Syrian Army (FSA) in northern Aleppo province, the Turkish Armed Forces said Saturday. Aircraft from the U.S.-led anti-ISIS coalition killed eight terrorists in five strikes in...