Islamic State said on Tuesday it had downed a Syrian army helicopter in a desert area of central Syria where heavy fighting is going on, the militant group and a monitor said. Amaq, a news agency associated with Islamic State, said the helicopter was shot down near in the Palmyra desert...

(Zaman al-Wasl)- Democratic Union Party (PYD) fighters have stopped Arabs from entering Kobani, also known as Ayn al-Arab, in the past few weeks, whether they are coming from Turkey through the border crossing of Murshed Pinar or from Islamic State controlled areas in the countryside of Aleppo...

(CNN)- Last week the Russian military brought more than a hundred international journalists, including our CNN crew, to Palmyra. The trip was orchestrated to showcase Moscow's role in liberating the ancient heritage site but it also said a lot about the Russian army's capabilities and the scale...

Zaman Al Wasl- At least 10 people were killed in vacuum missile attack on northern Binnish town, activists said Tuesday, two days since 6 people died in similar attack. Activists said the four vacuum missiles fired into a local marketplace. Senior Ahrar al-Sham commander was among the victims....