(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Islamic State fighters launched a surprise attack on Saraya Ahl al-Sham and Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham near the Lebanese border town of Arsal on Sunday, activists said. ISIS launched the attack from western Qalamoun on two axes: Jurod Qalyat and the amusement park. Saraya...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- An Iraqi Shi'ite militia backed by Iran said Saturday it pushed Islamic State out of two villages on the border with Syria in Hasaka province, Popular Mobilization said on its website. The territory taken by the Popular Mobilization force on Monday is located near...

Syria's President Bashar Assad has said the worst of his country's six-year war "is behind us" after a string of advances by his forces backed by key ally Russia. In recent months, Assad's troops and allied fighters have retaken territory across the country, including recapturing all of...

Jordanian border guards on Saturday foiled an attack on the frontier with Syria and killed gunmen riding motorcycles who tried to overrun their position, the army said. It the armed men on motorcycles who belonged to "terrorist groups and coming from Syria" tried to attack a frontline...