Syrian regime forces battled rebels north of Aleppo on Thursday as a ceasefire expired in the city itself, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and rebel sources said. The fighting was focused around the rebel-held Handarat area which is important because it is near the last route into...

(Zaman al-Wasl)- Regime-run news outlets reflected a widespread anger for regime supporters due to depreciation of the Syrian Pound (SP) value in front of the American Dollar. The depreciation led to a rocket increase in prices. State employees’ and workers’ salaries does not suffice for...

 Aid agencies are to deliver relief supplies to the besieged Syrian rebel-held town of Daraya Thursday, the first since 2012, the International Committee of the Red Cross said. "This is the first ever humanitarian convoy to this town in the suburbs of Damascus since the beginning of the...

 Air strikes, a drop in the price of oil, and counter-smuggling efforts by neighboring countries have combined to cut Islamic State's oil revenues in half to about $250 million per year, a senior U.S. Treasury official said on Wednesday. A U.S.-led coalition has targeted the...