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US-Backed Fighters Hunt For IS Holdouts In Syria’s Tabqa

US-backed fighters hunted for jihadist holdouts in Syria's Tabqa on Thursday after overrunning the city and nearby dam...

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US-Backed Forces Seize Syria’s Tabqa, Dam From IS

A US-backed alliance of Syrian Arab and Kurdish fighters on Wednesday captured the key city of Tabqa and its nearby dam...

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IS Holds Off US-Backed Force In Syria’s Tabqa

Dozens of Islamic State group fighters cornered in a northern part of Syria's Tabqa are holding off US-backed forces...

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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...

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US-Backed Forces Battle IS Last Pocket In Syria’s Tabqa

US-backed fighters battled to clear the Islamic State group from a final pocket of Syria's Tabqa on Tuesday after...

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IS Attack In Western Iraq Kills 10 Soldiers

Jihadist fighters killed at least 10 soldiers in the western Iraqi province of Anbar on Tuesday in their latest deadly...

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US-Backed Fighters Corner IS In Syria’s Tabqa

US-backed fighters cornered the Islamic State group in a last part of Tabqa on Monday, after tearing down a huge...

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US-Backed Forces Seize 80% of Syria’s Tabqa From IS

US-backed fighters have captured 80 percent of Syria's Tabqa from the Islamic State group, a monitor said on Monday, a...

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Turkey Threatens Further Strikes On US-Allied Syrian Kurds

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday his government is 'seriously saddened' by television footage showing...

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Turkish Strikes Kill Kurdish Fighters In Syria, Iraq

Turkish warplanes killed more than 20 Kurdish fighters Tuesday in strikes in Syria and Iraq, where the Kurds are key...

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Turkey Bombs Kurdish Forces In Northeast Syria

Turkish warplanes conducted a barrage of air strikes on Kurdish positions in northeast Syria early Tuesday, leaving...

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A Strategic Prize

Syria's Tabqa, which US-backed forces entered Monday, is doubly strategic: it lies on the road to the Islamic State...

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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...

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Misdirected Coalition Strike Kills 18 Partner Forces In Syria

A coalition air strike accidentally killed 18 members of a US-backed Arab-Kurdish alliance fighting the Islamic State...

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Turkey Ends Euphrates Shield Military Campaign In Syria

Turkey says it has “successfully” ended its seven-month Euphrates Shield military campaign in northern Syria. But...

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Turkey Ends ‘Euphrates Shield’ Operation In Syria

Turkey has officially ended the "Euphrates Shield" military operation it launched in Syria last August, Prime Minister...

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Evacuation Deal Reached For Four Syrian Towns

Four Syrian towns are to be evacuated under an agreement between pro-government forces and rebels, in the latest of a...

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IS Counter-Attacks To Defend North Syria Stronghold

Clashes raged around a key northern Syrian town on Tuesday after the Islamic State group launched a counter-attack to...

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IS Counter-Attacks To Defend North Syria Town

The Islamic State group launched a counter-attack Tuesday against US-backed fighters closing in on a key jihadist-held...