Syrian rebels advanced into an Islamic State-held town at the border with Iraq on Wednesday, a rebel commander told Reuters, in a new U.S.-backed offensive aimed at cutting the jihadists' self-declared caliphate in two. The operation aiming to capture the eastern Syrian town of Al-Bukamal,...

At least five people were killed and scores wounded on Wednesday in a bomb attack on a local administrative office in the Kurdish-held Syrian town of Tel Abyad, near the Turkish border, witnesses said. They said a suicide car bomber attacked the building run by Kurdish local authorities in the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels on Tuesday launched a big offensive on regime forces in coastal Latakia province, taking two hilltops in Jabal al-Akrad, activists said as regime forces and allied militias plan to mobilize more troops in the area. Rebels have seized Tellat a-Malek and Tellat...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 8 people killed late on Monday in regime air strikes on the ISIS-held town of al-Bab northeastern Aleppo city, media center said. 20 more people, including medics, have been wounded in the attack that hit the town's main hospital, Aleppo Media Center said.