Rebels seized a town in southern Syria from groups loyal to Islamic State just a day after fighters captured another town from the hardline militants in a separate insurgent assault in the north, a rebel source and a monitoring group said. The rebels had by late on Friday taken...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Free Syrian Army unit operating in Eastern Qalamoun region took Friday a series of hilltops from the Islamic State fighters near the desert town of Dumeir, northeastern the capital, activists said. The clashes are still underway between ISIS and 'Martyr Ahmed al-Abdo Forces'...

 Syrian mediators reached an agreement Friday for the release of some 300 cement workers kidnapped by the ISIS, a monitor said, but it was unclear exactly how many were freed. ISIS abducted the employees on Monday from Al-Badia cement factory outside the town of Dumeir, around 50...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State on Thursday launched an attack on Syrian regime’s pastions in the city of Deir Ezzor and the military airport in Eastern countryside, then fighting broke out at many fronts led to several death from both sides. Abo Abdul Rahman...