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Syria War Has Killed More Than 330,000
More than 330,000 people have been killed in the Syrian conflict since it started six years ago, around a third of them...
Rebels Say They Shot Down Syria Warplane Near Ceasefire Zone
Rebel groups shot down a Syrian government warplane on Tuesday near a ceasefire zone in the country's south, the...
Heavy Regime Bombardment Reported Near Damascus
Government forces carried out heavy bombardment Friday of a rebel-held district on the eastern edge of the Syrian...
Anti-IS Forces Struggle To Gain Ground In Raqa
US-backed forces struggled to gain ground against the Islamic State group in Syria's Raqa on Friday, facing a wave of...
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-Backed Syria Force Fights For IS-Held Base Near Raqa
US-backed fighters battled on Sunday to dislodge jihadists from a key military base north of Raqa city, the heart of...
US-Backed Force Pierces Into IS-Held Raqa From West
A US-backed alliance broke into the western part of the Islamic State group's stronghold Raqa on Saturday, the force...
Syrian Army Pushes Into Raqa Province
Syria's army advanced into Raqa province Tuesday, a monitor and a military source said, on the same day US-backed...
US-Backed Force Enters IS-Held Raqa
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces broke into the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion of Raqa on Tuesday after...
US-Backed Force On Eastern Edge of Syria’s Raqa
US-backed Syrian fighters reached the eastern edge of the Islamic State group's stronghold Raqa on Tuesday, a monitor...
Syria Army Takes Control of Damascus-Palmyra Road
The Syrian army is in full control of the highway from Damascus to ancient Palmyra for the first time since 2014 after...
Deadliest Month For Syria Civilians In US-Led Strikes
US-led air strikes on Syria killed a total of 225 civilians over the past month, a monitor said on Tuesday, the highest...
More Than 1,200 ‘quit Damascus Rebel Zones’ Under Deal
More than 1,200 people including rebels left two opposition-held districts of Damascus on Friday under an agreement...
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...
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...
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...
Turkey Bombs Kurdish Forces In Northeast Syria
Turkish warplanes conducted a barrage of air strikes on Kurdish positions in northeast Syria early Tuesday, leaving...
US-Backed Fighters Battle IS Near North Syria Town
US-backed forces battled Islamic State group fighters around a key northern Syrian town on Monday, a monitor said,...
Jihadist-Led Offensive In Syria’s Hama Advances
Jihadists and allied rebels claimed more ground against Syrian government forces in central Hama province on Thursday,...