Around 2,000 Islamic State fighters remain in Syria's Raqqa as US-backed Kurdish forces battle to recapture the city from the militant group. The Syria Democratic Forces - an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters – have seized up to 45 percent of Raqqa since launching an offensive in early...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Eastern Qalamoun region near the capital is due to receive a batch of Syrian refugees coming from the Arsal refugee camp in Lebanon in the coming days. This is in line with the terms of the agreement recently signed between Saraya Ahl al-Sham and the Lebanese Hezbollah...

France has seen 271 jihadi militants return from war zones in Iraq and Syria and all of them are subject to investigation by public prosecutors, the country's interior minister said in a newspaper interview. Some 700 French nationals are estimated to have fought in Islamic State ranks in...

From special forces officer to brigade-hopping rebel, Abu Jaafar has seen Syria's uprising from all angles. But after years of setbacks, culminating in cuts to US support, he feels disillusioned. The 31-year-old spent three years in a Syrian prison and once counted himself among his US...