Islamist rebels have seized Base 46, last headquarters for the State of Iraq and The Levant (ISIL) in western countryside of Aleppo, Islamic Front sources told Zaman Alwasl. The former regular army base was under rebels’ control before expelling them by...

  Islamist rebels ambushed Assad’s army troops in Sheikh Said district of Aleppo on Thursday, leaving 20 soldiers dead, Islamic Front source told Zaman Alwasl. IF rebels also made a progress in the industrial zone of Sheikh Najjar near Aleppo city against the...

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has lost its HQ in Jarabulus city, north Aleppo,  after fierce fighting with Islamist rebels for the last few days, local sources told Zaman Alwasl. ISIL’s commander in Jarabulus (Emir) Abu Huffs al-Masri has been killed,...

Lebanon: A suspected suicide car bombing killed at least four people and wounded 42 others in a bustling neighborhood in the northeastern town of Hermel Thursday, a security source told The Daily Star. The blast occurred during the morning rush hour near the town’s...