Islamist rebels have defeated militant group affiliated to pro-Assad Democratic Union Party (PYD) in Qamishli countryside and have seized all towns except for two villages, activists reported. Islamic Front main unit, Ahrar Al Sham Movement, said it took control of the...

  A 10-year-old Afghan girl was forced by her brother to wear a vest packed with explosives and blow herself up at a police building, but the attempted suicide attack failed when the girl ended up in police custody, Al Arabiya correspondent reported on Tuesday....

Cuff tended to favor of al-Qaeda affiliate the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Raqqa over the infighting with Islamist rebels, local activists told Zaman Alwasl. Main Islamic Front Unit, Ahrar al-Sham movement has retreated due to the big reinforcements to...

Syrian regime government announced it will be offering Russian as a second foreign language in schools starting with the fifth grade. The new decision was posted on Syria’s ministry of education website. Fifth graders will have the choice between Russian and French as part of...