Fierce clashes between extremists and Islamist rebels near Damascus left at least 40 dead and 70 wounded on Friday, activists said. The opposition-aligned Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the clashes pitted the Saudi-backed rebel faction Jaish al-Islam (Army of Islam) against...

U.S.-backed forces fighting Islamic State in Syria took several neighborhoods from the militant group in the town of Tabqa on Friday, they said in a statement, part of a campaign to oust Islamic State from its stronghold in Raqqa city. The multi-phased campaign against the jihadists by the...

The Afghan Taliban launched their "spring offensive" Friday, heralding fresh fighting in the drawn-out conflict as embattled security forces struggle to recover from a devastating attack on a military base one week ago. Operation Mansouri -- named after the group's former leader, who was...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Fierce fighting between Tahrir al-Sham and ISIS took place in Yarmouk Camp south of Damascus on Thursday, field sources told Zaman al-Wasl. Powerful Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, an alliance led by former al-Qaeda affiliate, has stormed ISIS bastions in the besieged camp to...