Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said Friday he cannot confirm whether or not Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead, after reports from Syria that the jihadist leader had been killed. "If we...
The UN's World Food Programme announced Wednesday it has resumed aid deliveries in parts of Syria's Raqa province for the first time in three years using a newly-opened land route. The deliveries...
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said Tuesday it had information from top Islamic State group leaders confirming the death of the jihadist organisation's chief Abu Bakr...
Syria's government and opposition meet Monday for a seventh round of UN-sponsored peace talks in Geneva with little expectation of a breakthrough to end the six-year conflict. The Geneva process has...
A ceasefire in southern Syria brokered by the United States, Russia and Jordan began at noon local time on Sunday, with a monitor reporting quiet in three southern provinces. The ceasefire was...
A ceasefire set to take effect in southwest Syria on Sunday is a US priority and an important step toward eventual peace throughout the war-torn country, President Donald Trump's national security...
The French and Russian foreign ministers vowed Thursday to put aside their countries' differences to fight and defeat extremism. "International terrorism is our number one enemy and combatting it...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday Moscow was seeking to clarify a claim by his US counterpart that Washington is ready to work together to set up "no-fly zones" in Syria. "We have...
Iraqi forces on Thursday battled the last remaining Islamic State group fighters in Mosul's Old City, where the UN said up to 20,000 civilians are trapped and in "extreme danger". In neighbouring...
US-led coalition air strikes have killed at least 224 civilians since the Syrian forces it backs entered Islamic State group bastion Raqa a month ago, a monitor said on Thursday. Arab and Kurdish...
The United States is prepared to work with Russia on the establishment of "no-fly zones" in Syria, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Wednesday. In a wide-ranging statement issued two days...
US-backed fighters inched forwards in Raqa's Old City against fierce resistance Wednesday, after penetrating the heart of the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion, a spokesman and a monitor said. The...
Powerbrokers Russia, Iran and Turkey sought Wednesday to hammer out a plan for four safe zones in Syria at a fifth round of peace talks in the Kazakh capital Astana. Moscow and Tehran, which back...
Powerbrokers Russia, Iran and Turkey on Tuesday focused on shoring up a plan for safe zones in Syria at a fifth round of talks they are pushing in Kazakhstan to help end the six-year conflict. Moscow...
US-backed forces have penetrated the heavily fortified heart of jihadist bastion Raqa for the first time, in a key milestone in the war against the Islamic State group in Syria. Air strikes by the...
A fifth round of talks on ending the six-year Syrian conflict began in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, focused on shoring up a plan for safe zones in the war-torn country. Russian news agencies reported that...
US-backed forces in Syria have breached the wall surrounding the Old City of Raqa as they try to retake the city from the Islamic State group, the US Central Command said Monday night. "Coalition...
A top officer aboard the US Navy's largest warship, which is deployed in the eastern Mediterranean, said Monday his forces were wary of "tensions" and ready to strike allies of Syria's regime. The...
The Syrian government on Monday warned that any new attack by Washington on the war-ravaged country would provoke an even stronger reaction by Damascus and its allies. "We would not be surprised if...
A US Navy supercarrier anchored off the Israeli port of Haifa Saturday on a break from operations supporting the US-led coalition's fight against the Islamic State group. It is the vessel's first...
