Rebel areas of Aleppo have stockpiled enough basic supplies to survive months of siege by Syrian pro-government forces that cut off their half of the city last week, even though some goods are running out, an opposition official said. Government forces backed by allies including...

Iraqi government forces advancing on the Islamic State-held city of Mosul retook a village from IS on Tuesday and linked up along the Tigris river with army units pushing from a separate direction, Defence Minister Khalid al-Obeidi said. The territorial gain, which followed the recapture of a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime helicopters dropped at least 16 barrel bombs on besieged Daraya town west of Damascus, activists said Tuesday. The regime has also rocked the western neighborhoods with 7 surface-to-surface missiles as clashes are still underway between Liwa Shuhada' al-Islam and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Four fighters from the U.S.-backed Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) were killed and many injured due to a trap of the Islamic State in the Southern countryside of Hasaka province, activists said Tuesday. Activist Ahmed al-Ali confirmed that 18 members of SDF and Arab young men...