Turkey-backed Syrian rebels began an attack on Islamic State's symbolically potent stronghold of Dabiq in northwestern Syria on Saturday, a rebel commander said, taking territory that has all but cut it off according to a war monitor. Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime warplanes killed 11 civilians in air strikes hit the town of Termanin in northern Idlib province, local activists said Saturday. The strikes have also targeted the city of Idlib and towns of al-Tamana'a, Khan Sheikhoun and Maaret al-Numan. In Homs province,...

Egyptian jets bombed Islamist militant targets for three hours on Saturday, one day after Islamic State guerrillas killed 12 soldiers in North Sinai province, the armed forces said in a statement. Islamic State claimed responsibility on Friday for the attack on a checkpoint 40 km (25 miles)...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Three civilians have been killed and 16 more wounded in regime air strikes on the besieged northern countryside of Homs city, local reporter said Saturday. The regime fighter jets conducted 8 raids on the towns of Talbiseh, al-Ghanto, Um Sharshouh and al-Farhaniya. The...