Rebels seized a town in southern Syria from groups loyal to Islamic State just a day after fighters captured another town from the hardline militants in a separate insurgent assault in the north, a rebel source and a monitoring group said. The rebels had by late on Friday taken...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Free Syrian Army unit operating in Eastern Qalamoun region took Friday a series of hilltops from the Islamic State fighters near the desert town of Dumeir, northeastern the capital, activists said. The clashes are still underway between ISIS and 'Martyr Ahmed al-Abdo Forces'...

Reporting by Faris al-Rifai; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Local Coordination Committee of the newly ISIS-liberated city of Palmyra launched Friday a campaign to highlight the miserable situation of people of the ancient city, according to statement posted Friday. The...

The spokesman for a Saudi-led coalition behind a year-long military campaign against Yemen's Shiite rebels says it's ready to commit to a cease-fire as long as the rebels abide by a U.N. Security Council resolution that calls for their pullout from Yemeni cities. Brig. Gen. Ahmed al-Asiri told...