The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Wednesday its campaign to capture Raqqa from Islamic State (IS) was in its final stages and its fighters had seized 80 percent of the city. The SDF said in a statement it had opened a new front against IS on the northern edge of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime and key ally Russia have stepped up aerial and ground campaign on Idlib and Hama provinces, conducting more than 105 raids in the past 24 hours in response to a major rebel attack launched, local activists said Wednesday.   The regime...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Former al-Qaeda group backed by 5 rebel factions launched major attack on regime bastions in the northwestern province of Hama, local activists said Tuesday.   Hayat Tahir al-Sham alliance with key Islamist groups in northern Syria launched surprise attack on regime...

Rebel shelling of a residential neighborhood of Yemen's third-largest city Taez killed four boys aged between seven and 15, a local official said on Tuesday. The city is largely in the hands of the Saudi-backed government but has been a key battlefield in the conflict that has gripped...