While thousands of people scramble to flee Syria’s battle-torn Raqqa, members of the Sheikh Wais family bravely headed back in to recover the bodies of loved ones killed there. Dodging shelling, airstrikes and snipers, the four Syrian Kurds finally made it back into the western district of...

(Zaman al-Wasl) Al-Raqqah once deeply connected to the name al-Rashid for centuries, is now only known as ‘the capital of the Islamic State’.  For this privilege alone, the city and all its civilians, according to the Islamic State, must pay the heavy price of death and displacement...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 11 Shiite militants killed by the Islamic State as fierce fighting takes place in Syrian desert east of of Homs province, sources told Zaman al-Wasl Sunday. The radical group launched counter attack on Iran-backed al-Ridha militia in Palmyra desert, also known...

At least 10 people have been killed by air strikes in the opposition-held Damascus suburb of Ein Tarma, according to a UK-based monitor. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said at least two children were among those killed in the air strikes on Friday. The assault...