Syrian regime troops seized a suburb of the eastern city of Deir al-Zor on Sunday, tightening the noose around Islamic State, a Syrian military source said. The army pushed into the city this month with the help of Russian air power and Iran-backed militias, breaking an Islamic State...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Fierce clashes still underway between regime troops and the Islamic State east of Homs province, left 8 officers killed, local reporter said.   Backed by Russia's airstrikes, the regime forces seek to deter ISIS from gas-rich area, such a hope still not fulfilled as...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia`s airstrikes on Saturday have killed 14 civilians in Deir Ezzor province as  regime army, Kurdish and Iraqi forces tighten noose on ISIS in eastern Syria, local activists said.    Ahmed Ramdan, from Furat Post, localmonitorng group based in Deir...

U.S.-backed militias said they came under attack on Saturday from Russian jets and Syrian government forces in Syria’s Deir al-Zor border province, a focus of an increasingly complex conflict. The strikes wounded six fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), according to the...