Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman al-Wasl) An intelligence document revealed that the regime managed to recruit an agent to infiltrate rebel groups, gain access to the meetings and plans of these groups, and inform the regime of the content for the regime to take precautionary...

A massive bomb blast claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group killed at least 44 people and wounded dozens on Wednesday in the Kurdish-majority Syrian city of Qamishli. It was the largest and deadliest attack to hit the city since the March 2011 outbreak of Syria's conflict. State media...

Syrian regime forces on Tuesday seized a rebel-held neighbourhood on the northwest outskirts of Aleppo, tightening their siege of the opposition-held parts of the city, a monitor said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said loyalist troops had full control of the Leramun...

French police "neutralized" two men armed with blades who had taken several people hostage in a church in northern France Tuesday, the police said. A police source said that one of the hostages had been killed with a blade in the attack which took place in the Normandy town of...