(Zaman Al Wasl)- Jaish al-Fatah, or the Conquest Army, who controls the northern city of Idlib came under fire by residents and activists amid spread of security chaos. Idlib has witnessed a series of assassinations and looting acts. Many rebel commander were killed as the number...

U.S.-backed Syrian fighters in a major new offensive against Islamic State vowed on Thursday to cut off the last remaining access route to the outside world for the self-proclaimed caliphate, and won vital, if tacit, backing from Turkey. The assault around the Syrian city of Manbij, backed by...

Plans to airlift supplies to besieged towns in Syria inched ahead on Thursday amid concern from Russia and others about the safety of aid workers and uncertainty whether Damascus will approve, a U.N. official said. A proposed United Nations food convoy into the besieged rebel-held town of...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday a U.S.-backed offensive against Islamic State in northern Syria was largely being carried out by Arab rather than Kurdish fighters, in a sign of tacit approval for the operation near Turkey's borders. The Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance,...