Omran Al-zoubi

Kurdish forces and the Syrian army fought separate battles with Islamic State around Hasaka city in northeast Syria overnight as the hardline group tried to capture more areas of the major urban centre near the Iraqi border, a monitor said today.

The Syrian information minister has lashed out at Saudi Arabia, saying Riyadh is responsible for his country's conflict. Omran al-Zoubi says Saudi Arabia is providing weapons and money to "terrorists," the government's term for rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad.

Kurdish forces and the Syrian army fought separate battles with Islamic State around Hasaka city in northeast Syria overnight as the hardline group tried to capture more areas of the major urban centre near the Iraqi border, a monitor said today.

The Syrian information minister has lashed out at Saudi Arabia, saying Riyadh is responsible for his country's conflict. Omran al-Zoubi says Saudi Arabia is providing weapons and money to "terrorists," the government's term for rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad.