Southern Front rebels and al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate announced Thursday a fierce offensive on Syrian regime forces in the major southern city of Daraa, saying their aim was to "purify" the area. Operation "Storm of Truth" was announced on Twitter by the Southern Front, an alliance of rebel...

Turkish forces returned fire on Islamic State militants in Syria with tank shells on Thursday after a Turkish soldier was killed and two others were wounded in a cross-border firefight, the military said. The fighting comes days after a suspected suicide bombing by the Islamist...

( Rudaw )- Kurdish forces claim they have seized strategic areas of Hasaka amidst reports of poisonous gas attacks by ISIS in the violently contested city.   The Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) claimed they took control of the crossroads at Nashwa in Hasaka this afternoon,...

Syrian rebels on Wednesday took two checkpoints in Zabadani city after fierce clashes with Syrian regime army and its allied Shiite militia Hezbollah, activists told Zaman al-Wasl. Activist Anas al-Qalamouni said rebels had seized control of al-Moura and al-Karazat checkpoints as well...