northern Syria
Indonesians Decry IS ‘lies’ After Fleeing Syria’s Raqa
When Leefa set out from Indonesia for the Islamic State group's Syrian stronghold of Raqa, she says she thought she was...
Daunting Aid Challenges As Civilians Flee Syria’s Raqa
The battle to oust the Islamic State group from its stronghold of Raqa is creating daunting challenges for aid groups...
Anti-IS Fighters Near Raqa Delight In American Weaponry
Chorche was like a kid in a candy store in front of crates packed with US weapons to help an Arab-Kurdish alliance take...
Raqa Campaign Cements Rising Profile of Syria’s Kurds
Syria's Kurds were once a marginalised minority, but now they are leading the charge for the Islamic State group's Raqa...
Five Facts On Targeted IS-Held Syrian City of Raqa
As US-backed Arab and Kurdish forces broke into the Islamic State group's bastion of Raqa on Tuesday for the first...
Turkey PM Says Raqa Operation In Syria Has Begun
The battle to capture the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion Raqa started two days ago, Turkey's Prime Minister...
Turkey PM Says Raqa Operation In Syria Has Begun
The battle to capture the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion Raqa started two days ago, Turkey's Prime Minister...
US-Backed Force Advances West of IS Syria Bastion Raqa
A US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance has seized new territory west of the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion Raqa,...
US Begins Sending Arms To Kurdish Fighters In Syria
The United States on Tuesday began providing small arms to Kurdish fighters battling the Islamic State group in...
Syrian Hospital Saves Lives By Going Solar
Neo-natal wards and emergency rooms in a northern Syrian hospital will from Tuesday have uninterrupted electricity for...
Final Evacuation From Rebel-Held Damascus District
More than 1,000 people quit a rebel-held district of Damascus Monday, its governor said, in the final phase of a deal...
US-Led Syria Strike Kills Scores of Relatives of IS Fighters
Dozens of relatives of Islamic State fighters were killed on Friday in new US-led strikes on Syria, just hours after...
New US-Led Syria Strike Kills 80 Relatives of IS Fighters
A US-led coalition air strike on the eastern Syrian town of Mayadeen early Friday killed at least 80 relatives of...
US-Led Strikes Kill 35 Civilians In East Syria
US-led coalition air strikes on Thursday killed at least 35 civilians in an eastern Syrian town held by the Islamic...
Anti-IS Coalition Trains Policemen In Syria’s Raqa
Dozens of young men gathered Tuesday in a school yard in northern Syria to take the oath at a police graduation...
Government Regains Full Control of Homs
The Syrian government says its forces have regained total control of the central city of Homs after rebels left the...
Trump Tells Pentagon To ‘annihilate’ IS Fighters
President Donald Trump has told the Pentagon to 'annihilate' the Islamic State group in Syria to prevent the escaped...
Syria Regime Nears Total Recapture of Damascus
Syria's regime is close to cementing its control over the entire capital under local deals with rebels after a six-year...
First Evacuations From Damascus Rebel District
Syrian rebels and their families begin evacuating from a district of the capital Damascus for the first time on Monday,...