TheUS-ledcoalitionkilledatleast100regimeandalliedfightersinretaliationforanattackineasternSyria,aUSofficialsaid,inoneofthedeadliestincidentsofitskind.Theflare-u
TwodaysafterretakingRaqafromIslamicStategroupjihadistsanddealingtheirdreamsofstatehoodafatalblow,US-backedforcescombedtheruinsoftheSyriancityforsurvivorsandbomb
ASyrianDemocraticForces(SDF)spokesmantoldreportersthattheKurdish-ledforceshavefullycapturedSyria'snortherncityofRaqqa,afterdefeatingtheremainingISILforcesthereo
ThePentagonsaidonSaturdaythatRussianforcesbombedatargetineasternSyria,alocationknowntoRussianstocontainU.S.-backedforcesfightingtheIslamicStategroup."Atapproxim
The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have taken control of more than 42,000 square km of Syria, a monitor group said Saturday.
TheUS-backedSyrianDemocraticForces(SDF)breachedawallsurroundingtheOldCityofRaqqaonMonday,theUSCentralCommandsaidinastatementdescribingdevelopmentsinthelastbasti
TheU.S.-backedSyrianDemocraticForces(SDF)seea"bigpossibilityofopen,fierceconfrontation"withtheTurkisharmyinnorthwesternSyriathatwouldunderminetheassaultonIslami
TheU.S.-backedSyrianDemocraticForces(SDF)areadvancingintheIslamicState(IS)groupdefactocapitalofRaqqainnorthernSyria,whileciviliansarepayingthepriceofthebattles.
US-backedSyrianfightersseizedaseconddistrictofRaqaonSundayandlaunchedarenewedassaultonabasenorthofthecity,astheypursuedanoffensiveagainsttheIslamicStategroup.Th
TensofcivilianswerekilledonThursdaywhentheU.S.-ledairstrikestargetedSyria'snortherncityofRaqqawithwhitephosphorus,pro-governmentShamFMradioreported.The"unpreced
AnallianceofSyrianKurdishandArabfightershasannouncedithastakenastrategicallyimportanttownfromso-calledIslamicState(IS).TheSyrianDemocraticForces(SDF)saidtheyhad
An alliance of Arab and Kurdish fighters seized more than a dozen villages in eastern Syria on Tuesday in their drive to encircle the Islamic State group bastion of Raqa.
A US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance pushed closer to Raqa in Syria while Iraqi forces seized a key town near Mosul as offensives progressed against the two Islamic State group strongholds.
The Japanese government said Tuesday that it will send a new batch of Self-Defense Forces (SDF) to South Sudan in late November after extending the SDF participation in a UN peacekeeping mission by five months through March.
A two-pronged advance to capture key urban strongholds of the Islamic State group and its self-styled capital of Raqqa has underlined a quiet convergence of strategy between the US and Russia to defeat the extremists, with Syria's Kurds emerging as the common link.
Over 6,000 people have fled areas in northern Syria as a result of the attacks by the Islamic State (IS) militants, a monitor group reported on Sunday.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe' s cabinet made the decision on Tuesday that the controversial new security-related legislation will become effective on March 29, marking an overhaul of the country's exclusively defensive defense posture in about seven decades.