(Eqtsad)- With the start of the harvest season each year, the regime forces and sectarian militias that aid it purposefully ignite fires whether by plane or by shelling fields from the checkpoints surrounding the cities and towns in Homs’ besieged northern countryside. Eqtsad’s...

U.S.-backed Syrian militias are not preparing an assault on ISIS' de facto Syrian capital of Raqqa at present, a militia spokesman said, indicating the limited scope of a new offensive in nearby areas where fighting raged on Wednesday. Movements by the fighters in the U.S.-backed Syria...

A U.S.-backed alliance of Syrian militias launched a new offensive against Islamic State fighters near their de facto capital of Raqqa city on Tuesday, a monitoring group and an official said. The Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance is the main Syrian partner for the U.S.-led alliance...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Thuwar al-Raqqa Front representative demanded on Tuesday the front fighters occupy a bigger role in the anticipated Raqqa battle. Abu Firas al-Jasem, representative of Thuwar al-Raqqa Front in Turkey, demanded that Raqqa does not become a second Tal Abyad in conjunction with...