In Syria, the government forces severed the main road on Monday that links al-Bab city near the Turkish border to other Islamic State-held territory in Raqqa and Deir al-Zor provinces.According to Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the road was last main supply route that connected militant ...

ALEPPO: (APP) Missiles rained down on rebel-held areas of Syria's Aleppo on Friday, causing widespread destruction that overwhelmed rescue teams, as the army prepared a ground offensive to retake the city.Nearly 30 civilians including several children were killed and dozens wounded in the raids by ...

BEIRUT (APP) - Advancing Kurdish and Arab fighters backed by US-led air strikes now control 40 percent of the Islamic State stronghold of Manbij in northern Syria, a monitor said Sunday.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) had pushed deeper into the town ...

BEIRUT, July 10, (APP/AFP) - The Islamic State group lost 12 percent of the territory it holds in Iraq and Syria in the first half of 2016, according to an analysis by British think-tank IHS.The analysis published Sunday says the jihadist group, which proclaimed its self-styled "caliphate" in the ...

LONDON: European Union urged Turkey to help tens of thousands of Syrian refugees stranded at Turkish border after Aleppo siege. Turkey also agreed to help Syrian refugees but has not opened its borders yet due fear of terrorists entry in Turkey in disguise of Refugees. Turkish official said that ...

DAMASCUS: Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem warned Saudi Arabia, West and Turkey that if any foreign troops entered in Syria they will go back in wooden coffins. Syrian Foreign Minister statement came after Saudi Arabia announced to join ground operations led by US against ISIS in ...

TEHRAN: Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard claimed that Saudis are not brave enough to send their troops in Syria. He claimed that if they send their troops they will definitely be defeated by Iranians. This is Iran’s first official reaction to the statement of Saudi Arabia to send ground ...

NEW YORK: UN envoy Staffan de Mistura will meet Security Council today to explain the suspension of UN brokered Syrian peace talks until the end of month. Venezuelan Ambassador Rafael Ramirez claimed that meeting was requested by Venezuela to allow every support to De Mistura for success in ...

DAMASCUS: Aleppo the commercial hub of Syria has been sieged by Syrian Army with the support of Russian airstrikes. Hassan Haj Ali head of rebel group claimed that Russia is launching more than 250 airstrikes in a day in northwest of Syria. Syrian Government and its allies had encircled Aleppo ...