(BBC)- A US-backed Kurdish and Arab force says it has begun an operation to capture Raqqa, so-called Islamic State's "capital" in Syria. The Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) will be aided by US-led coalition air strikes. They have warned civilians to steer clear of areas where IS militants are...

A Syrian opposition leader said opposition groups don’t need to recruit foreign fighters in their fight against the Bashar al-Assad regime in war-torn Syria. In an exclusive interview with Anadolu Agency, Osama Rifai, the head of the Syrian Islamic Council, called for providing all forms...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Zaman al-Wasl news site mourns its local reporter in Idlib province, Ammar Bakour, who lost his life on Sunday in regime air strikes on the town of al-Dana. Bakour passed away with 8 civilians when the regime warplanes rocked the the town with 4 vacuum missiles. The...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 13 ISIS fighters have been killed by coalition airstrikes and clashes with the Free Syrian Army (FSA) in northern Aleppo province, the Turkish Armed Forces said Saturday. Aircraft from the U.S.-led anti-ISIS coalition killed eight terrorists in five strikes in...