Syrian rebels shelled two Shi'ite villages in the northwest of the country on Tuesday, killing at least one person, residents said, a day after pro-government fighters and civilians left the area for Turkey under a local ceasefire agreement. Britain-based monitoring group the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Brigade 82 in southern province of Daraa is still under rebels control, field sources told Zaman al Wasl Tuesday, as rebels thwart regime major attack on the strategic military base. Early Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and Syria's state news agency...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russian air strikes on northern Aleppo province killed ten people late on Monday backing a ground offensive by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), local reporter said. The Russian air strikes took place in Tel Ref'at town as the alliance of Syrian Kurds and Arab...

Islamic State has set up departments to handle "war spoils," including slaves, and the exploitation of natural resources such as oil, creating the trappings of government that enable it to manage large swaths of Syria and Iraq and other areas. The hierarchical bureaucracy, including petty...