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ISIS leadership wiped out in Iraq after crushing defeat in Mosul

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (3:30 P.M.) – Several leading members of the Islamic State’s inner circle were pronounced dead after the final stage of the battle for Mosul cam...

Kurdish separatists launch plan of new tax system in northern Syria

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (10:30 P.M.) – Officials in the Rojava administration (Syrian Kurdistan) say they intend to impose income tax upon civilians living under Kurdis...

Switzerland: Jaafari meets Russian envoy as new round of intra-Syria talks kick off

BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:05 P.M.) – Russian Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva Alexei Borodavkin met with Syrian Ambassador to the UN Bashar Jaafari, at the...

British courts rule arms sale to Saudi Arabia is lawful

BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:30 P.M.) – A London high court has ruled that the British regime’s multi-billion dollar arms sale to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is lawful an...

Titanic blitz offensive by pro-Syria forces sees 3,000 km2 liberated in just 12 hours: Map update

BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:55 P.M.) – No less than twelve hours ago the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and allied pro-government militias, after weeks of military build-up, und...

Breaking: Syrian Army kicks off 2nd phase of Operation Big Dawn in southeast Syria

BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:40 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army kicked off their second phase of Operation Big Dawn, today, after taking a short hiatus in the Al-Sweida Gove...

Syrian Army deploys huge-ordinance rocket launchers in eastern Homs for upcoming Sukhnah battle

BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:13 P.M.) – An image has emerged from eastern Homs of the arrival of two new BM-27 Uragan multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) belonging to ...

Pro-Syria forces achieve new gains in central Homs despite local ISIS counter-attack

BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:35 A.M.) – The drive of pro-government forces in central Homs continues with new gains made and despite a ISIS counter-attack yesterday whic...

Rebel lines shatter following Syrian Army breakthrough in key east Damascus suburb (Pictures)

BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:25 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has achieved a major tactical and operational breakthrough in the eastern Damascus suburb on Ayn Tarma....

ISIS pulverized by Russian air-launched missiles during massive raid in Deir Ezzor area

BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:37 A.M.) – It has been a devastating night for ISIS forces stationed in and around the strategic city of Deir Ez-Zor with both the Russian Ae...

Pro-Syria forces smash key ISIS defense line before Sukhnah, capture strategic high-ground

BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:30 P.M.) – Reports have just come in from the front in eastern Homs that the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies, in their ongoing advance...

Car bomb strikes Al-Qaeda militants at rebel stronghold in southern Idlib

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (9:45 P.M.) – On Sunday evening, a car bomb hit a Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) checkpoint in downtown Maarat Al-Numan, a strategic town on Idlib’...

20 Syrian soldiers killed in suicide attack as ISIS retakes important hill in central Syria

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (8:30 P.M.) – On Sunday, ISIS insurgents launched a localised counter-attack in the eastern countryside of Homs, targeting the newly liberated A...

Islamist rebels unleash longe-range rocket on residential area in Latakia

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (8:00 P.M.) – Late on Sunday afternoon, a handful of local residents on the outskirts of Latakia city were bombed by a lone GRAD rocket launched...

Astonishing failure for Islamist counter-attack in east Damascus

BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:30 P.M.) – After a major advance by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) today in the district of Ayn Tarma, whereby the SAA attacked the suburb from f...

Syria: liberation of gas fields to ease the country’s crippling economic crisis [+ Pictures]

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (6: 25 P.M.) – With the Syrian Armed forces – supported by Russian Air Force – liberating more of the gas-rich territories from the Islamic Stat...

Jihadist rebels launch largest crackdown on ISIL sleeper cells in Idlib

BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:10 P.M.) – The jihadist rebels of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham launched a wide-scale campaign, Sunday, to crackdown on Islamic State (ISIL) sleeper ...

Syrian airpower and artillery responds with full force after militants raid Syrian Army positions in southern Hama

BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:00 P.M.) – Militants of the Ahrar Al-Sham Islamist faction based in the Rastan pocket have raided positions of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) at ...

Russian naval ships head to Syrian waters: video

BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:40 P.M.) – The Admiral Essen, a Russian frigate equipped with guided Kalibr cruise missiles, left Sevastopol on Sunday, on its way to the Syr...

ISIS capital nears collapse as Kurdish forces advance deep inside Raqqa city

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (1:00 P.M.) – New progress has been made in Raqqa over the past 48 hours with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) concentrating the bulk of their...