A U.S.-backed alliance of Syrian militias launched a new offensive against Islamic State fighters near their de facto capital of Raqqa city on Tuesday, a monitoring group and an official said. The Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance is the main Syrian partner for the U.S.-led alliance...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The rebel local council of al-Hola region in central province of Homs said towns of Teldo, Kafr Laha, Tel Thahab and al-Tyiba al-Gharbiya are grief-stricken towns after 200 air strikes and 27 civilians passed away in one week, according to statement seen by Zaman al-Wasl....

Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces backed by Russian fighter jets have been pounding the northern countryside of Homs province for a week amid deteriorating life conditions in the last rebel strongholds in once-dubbed revolution capital. Zaman al-Wasl...

An EgyptAir flight carrying 66 passengers and crew on a flight from Paris to Cairo disappeared from radar over the Mediterranean Sea, Egypt's national airline said. Officials with the airline and the Egyptian civil aviation department told Reuters they believed the Airbus (AIR.PA) A320 had...