Rebel areas of Aleppo have stockpiled enough basic supplies to survive months of siege by Syrian pro-government forces that cut off their half of the city last week, even though some goods are running out, an opposition official said. Government forces backed by allies including...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Eqtsad)- Hard procedures are forced over Yarmouk basin in the Western countryside of Daraa since March 2016 in regard to preventing any type of fuel and cigarettes from entering the area controlled by Brigade of Yarmouk Martyrs and Islamic al-Mothana Movement and...

Iraqi government forces advancing on the Islamic State-held city of Mosul retook a village from IS on Tuesday and linked up along the Tigris river with army units pushing from a separate direction, Defence Minister Khalid al-Obeidi said. The territorial gain, which followed the recapture of a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The series of announcements of withdrawals and integrations from those overseeing the Thwar al-Sham Battalions, the faction whose formation was announced in April 2015 under the command of Captain Naji al-Mustafi with a coalition of several brigades operating in the western...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime helicopters dropped at least 16 barrel bombs on besieged Daraya town west of Damascus, activists said Tuesday. The regime has also rocked the western neighborhoods with 7 surface-to-surface missiles as clashes are still underway between Liwa Shuhada' al-Islam and...

Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- A series of official documents demonstrate how the regime intelligence managed to infiltrate some of the brigades fighting against it and the areas outside of its control by planting agents in those brigades and areas to observe the moves from the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Four fighters from the U.S.-backed Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) were killed and many injured due to a trap of the Islamic State in the Southern countryside of Hasaka province, activists said Tuesday. Activist Ahmed al-Ali confirmed that 18 members of SDF and Arab young men...

The two-month battle for ISIS's Libyan stronghold of Sirte has killed more than 240 unity government fighters and wounded over 1,400, a medic said Tuesday. Forces loyal to the U.N.-backed Government of National Accord began an operation in May to recapture the coastal city which ISIS overran...

Hundreds of thousands of civilians in rebel-held areas of Aleppo risk starvation, the head of Syria's main opposition coalition said Tuesday, accusing Damascus of trying to besiege the city into submission. Aleppo, once Syria's economic powerhouse, has been ravaged by the conflict that began...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Doctors working in Aleppo have warned of a medical crisis in the war-ravaged city if the blockade by Bashar al-Assad regime continues as army forces press to cut Castello Road, main route to rebel-held Aleppo. Abdul Salam Daif , member of Free Doctors Association in Aleppo...

The normalization of relations between Turkey and Russia will help both countries find new effective ways for a solution to Syrian crisis, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday. Lavrov made the remarks at a joint press conference with his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar...

At least nine people were killed and 30 others injured in a car bombing in Iraqi capital Baghdad on Tuesday, according to a security and medical source. A car-bomb exploded at a marketplace in al-Rashidiya, a Shia-majority district in northern Baghdad, Interior Ministry official Nazim...

Reporting by Okab Malek (Zaman al-Wasl)- Well-informed sources reported Iran sent more land troops via military transport and civil aircraft to Syria during the past few days especially on Eid days. Sources revealed arrival of 3 to 5 Boeing aircraft. Each has a capacity of transporting more...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State-run news agency said 17 army troops have been killed on Monday in clashes in the eastern countryside of Homs province. Aamaq agency said ISIS fighters had thwarted regime attack on Tellat al-Abraj area southeast of Palmyra city, killing and wounding dozens....

Turkey has not been able to confirm reports that a senior Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) commander had been killed in Syria, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Monday, in what would be a major blow to Kurdish militants. Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Saturday that a...

The United States is stepping up its military campaign against Islamic State by sending hundreds more troops to assist Iraqi forces in an expected push on the city of Mosul, the militants' largest stronghold, later this year. U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter made the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Tens of Nusra Front fighters and their families to leave the besieged Yarmouk refugee camp, heading Idlib province in the coming days due to a deal reached with the Syrian regime south of Damascus, local reporter said on Monday. The first batch will be for wounded fighters and...

Jordan has given employers hiring Syrian refugees an additional three months to get work permits for them without paying fees. The Labor Ministry said Monday that 13,000 Syrians received work permits during an initial three-month waiver period ending last week, and that the program has been...

The Syrian regime on Monday sent columns of armored vehicles into the Daraya suburb west of Damascus in the largest deployment of its kind since it imposed a siege on the area in 2012. "The incursion, which is backed by [pro-regime] militias, is massive," Tamam Abu al-Khair, a member of the...

Writing by Ammar Bakkour (Zaman Al Wasl)- Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG)’s interests met with Syrian regime interests in fighting Free Syrian Army (FSA) factions in the northern side of Aleppo city.  They ignored what might happen to their presence inside Aleppo city if the...