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US-led strikes on Syria pro-regime forces kill 100: US official

TheUS-ledcoalitionkilledatleast100regimeandalliedfightersinretaliationforanattackineasternSyria,aUSofficialsaid,inoneofthedeadliestincidentsofitskind.Theflare-u

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Forces comb ghost city Raqa after IS ouster

TwodaysafterretakingRaqafromIslamicStategroupjihadistsanddealingtheirdreamsofstatehoodafatalblow,US-backedforcescombedtheruinsoftheSyriancityforsurvivorsandbomb

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Syria's Raqqa fully liberated from ISIL by Kurdish-led SDF

ASyrianDemocraticForces(SDF)spokesmantoldreportersthattheKurdish-ledforceshavefullycapturedSyria'snortherncityofRaqqa,afterdefeatingtheremainingISILforcesthereo

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Russian strike wounds U.S.-backed forces in Syria: Pentagon

ThePentagonsaidonSaturdaythatRussianforcesbombedatargetineasternSyria,alocationknowntoRussianstocontainU.S.-backedforcesfightingtheIslamicStategroup."Atapproxim

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U.S.-backed forces control 42,000 sq. km of Syria after battle with IS

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.

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US-backed forces breach wall in Raqqa

TheUS-backedSyrianDemocraticForces(SDF)breachedawallsurroundingtheOldCityofRaqqaonMonday,theUSCentralCommandsaidinastatementdescribingdevelopmentsinthelastbasti

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U.S.-backed SDF sees big risk of clash with Turkey in northwest Syria

TheU.S.-backedSyrianDemocraticForces(SDF)seea"bigpossibilityofopen,fierceconfrontation"withtheTurkisharmyinnorthwesternSyriathatwouldunderminetheassaultonIslami

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Civilians suffer as U.S.-backed forces advance against IS in Syria

TheU.S.-backedSyrianDemocraticForces(SDF)areadvancingintheIslamicState(IS)groupdefactocapitalofRaqqainnorthernSyria,whileciviliansarepayingthepriceofthebattles.

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US-backed Syria force advances in Raqa, battles for base

US-backedSyrianfightersseizedaseconddistrictofRaqaonSundayandlaunchedarenewedassaultonabasenorthofthecity,astheypursuedanoffensiveagainsttheIslamicStategroup.Th

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U.S. attack by white phosphorus on Raqqa kills tens of civilians

TensofcivilianswerekilledonThursdaywhentheU.S.-ledairstrikestargetedSyria'snortherncityofRaqqawithwhitephosphorus,pro-governmentShamFMradioreported.The"unpreced

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IS conflict: Syrian opposition 'take town of Tabqa and dam'

AnallianceofSyrianKurdishandArabfightershasannouncedithastakenastrategicallyimportanttownfromso-calledIslamicState(IS).TheSyrianDemocraticForces(SDF)saidtheyhad

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US-backed fighters advance on IS in Syria's east

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.

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US-backed forces push closer to IS "capital" 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.

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Japan to deploy new batch of SDF in South Sudan after adoption of controversial secuirty laws

​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.

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Advances on IS strongholds underlines US, Russia convergence

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.

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6,000 people flee IS attacks in northern Syria

​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.

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Japan's controversial security legislation to take effect on March 29

​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.