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Syria Monitor Says IS Chief Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi Dead
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said Tuesday it had information from top Islamic State group...
30 Civilians Dead In Air Strikes On IS-Held Area of Syria
Most of the Syrian town of Deir Ezzor province is controlled by the jihadists and it has been the target of air strikes...
57 Dead In US-Led Strikes On IS Syria Prison
US-led coalition air strikes on a jail run by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria killed at least 57 people, the...
Chants Against Saudi Arabia As Iran Marks Jerusalem Day
Chants against the Saudi royal family and the Islamic State group mingled with the traditional cries of "Death to...
US-Backed Syria Force Advances In Raqa, Battles For Base
US-backed Syrian fighters said they had seized a second district of Raqa on Sunday and launched a renewed assault on a...
US-Led Strike Kills Founder of IS Propaganda Agency
A US-led coalition air strike on eastern Syria has killed a founder of the Islamic State group's notorious Amaq...
Libya Jihadist Group Ansar Al-Sharia Announces Dissolution
The Libyan jihadist group Ansar al-Sharia, which is linked to Al-Qaeda and deemed a terrorist organisation by the UN...
ISIS Executes 19 Civilians In Syria, Including Two Children
ISIS has executed 19 civilians in Syria, including two children, human rights activists have claimed today. The...
As Fighting Ebbs In West Syria, Army Looks East
With hostilities subsiding on Syria's western battlefronts, President Bashar al-Assad's army is seeking to head off...
Russia Says Has Already Stopped Bombing Proposed Syria Safe Zones
Russia on Friday said it had already stopped bombing in areas of Syria set to be designated safe zones under an...
Many Dead In IS Attack On Displaced People’s Camp
More than 30 civilians and Kurdish-led fighters have been killed in an attack by Islamic State militants near Syria's...
US Forces Kill IS Leader Blamed For Nightclub Attack
US forces operating in Syria have killed a senior member of the Islamic State group blamed for an attack on a nightclub...
Suicide Bombers Kill 31 In Iraq’s Tikrit
An attack by suicide bombers in the Iraqi city of Tikrit killed at least 31 people and wounded at least 42, army and...
‘Chemical Attack’ Leaves US Syria Policy In Disarray
The United States' stumbling response Tuesday to the latest apparent chemical weapons strike in Syria underlined the...
IS Hopes To Hold Onto Shreds of ‘caliphate’
The Islamic State group has lost most of the land it once held in Iraq and Syria but hopes to cling to scraps of a...
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...
Exclusive: CIA-Backed Aid For Syrian Rebels Frozen After Islamist Attack
CIA-coordinated military aid for rebels in northwest Syria has been frozen since they came under major Islamist attack...
Rebels Threaten To Boycott Astana Talks
Syrian rebel groups say they are suspending participation in the preparations for peace talks planned by Russia and...
IS ‘loses 50,000 Fighters In Two Years’
IS has lost much territory since its gains in 2014 sent shockwaves around the world At least 50,000 militants from...