Islamist rebels ambushed Assad’s army troops in Sheikh Said district of Aleppo on Thursday, leaving 20 soldiers dead, Islamic Front source told Zaman Alwasl. IF rebels also made a progress in the industrial zone of Sheikh Najjar near Aleppo city against the...

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has lost its HQ in Jarabulus city, north Aleppo,  after fierce fighting with Islamist rebels for the last few days, local sources told Zaman Alwasl. ISIL’s commander in Jarabulus (Emir) Abu Huffs al-Masri has been killed,...

Turkey’s embattled government has been accused of suspected weapons shipments to Syria—but tighter border controls could end up harming moderate rebels and helping jihadists. Al-Qaeda could emerge as the unlikely winner as supplies for more moderate rebels crossing the...

  As Western countries display increasing alarm at the strength of multinational Islamist extremists among rebels in Syria opposed to President Bashar al-Assad, a Syrian official was quoted on Wednesday as saying Western intelligence agencies had sent representatives to Damascus...