Rami Abdel Rahman
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...
Iraq Forces Battle IS In Mosul After PM Fetes ‘victory’
Iraqi forces battled the last Islamic State group holdouts in Mosul on Wednesday, a day after the country's premier...
US-Backed Forces Face Fierce IS Resistance In Raqa Old City
US-backed fighters inched forwards in Raqa's Old City against fierce resistance Wednesday, after penetrating the heart...
US-Backed Forces Breach IS Defences In Heart of Syria’s Raqa
US-backed forces have penetrated the heavily fortified heart of jihadist bastion Raqa for the first time, in a key...
US-Backed Force Enter Syria’s Raqa From South
US-backed fighters pierced jihadist-held Raqa from the south for the first time on Sunday, crossing the Euphrates River...
US-Backed Forces In New Attack On IS In Syria’s Raqa
US-backed fighters have launched a renewed attack on Islamic State group jihadists inside their Syrian bastion Raqa,...
IS Withdraws From Syria’s Aleppo Province
The Islamic State group no longer has a presence in Syria's Aleppo province after withdrawing from a series of villages...
IS Retakes Raqa District From US-Backed Forces
Islamic State group jihadists recaptured an eastern district of their Syrian bastion Raqa on Friday, a monitor said,...
Mosul Victory In ‘days’ As Pressure On IS Mounts
Iraq will declare victory over the Islamic State group in Mosul during the "next few days," a senior commander said...
US-Backed Forces Cut Off Last IS Escape Route From Raqa
US-backed forces cut off the last escape route for the Islamic State group from Raqa on Thursday, a monitor said,...
US-Backed Force Cuts Off Last IS Escape Route From Raqa
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces on Thursday sealed off the last route used by the Islamic State group to flee an...
Dozens Dead In US-Led Strikes On Jihadist-Run Syrian Prison
US-led coalition air strikes killed nearly 60 people at a Syrian prison run by the Islamic State group, a monitor said...
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...
US-Backed Force Has Seized A Quarter of Raqa From IS
US-backed fighters have seized a quarter of Syria's Raqa from the Islamic State group, a monitor said Monday, less than...
Syria Regime Penetrates IS-Held Eastern Province
Syrian regime forces on Friday broke into the eastern Deir Ezzor province for the first time since 2014, a monitor...
472 Civilians Dead In Month of US-Led Syria Strikes
US-led coalition air strikes on two Syrian provinces targeting jihadists have killed 472 civilians over the past month,...
IS Battles To Keep US-Backed Syria Force From Raqa Old City
Islamic State group jihadists waged fierce battles Tuesday in their Syrian stronghold Raqa in a bid to repel US-backed...
US-Backed Syria Fighters Near Old City of IS-Held Raqa
US-backed Syrian fighters battling the Islamic State group pushed closer to the Old City in the jihadist stronghold 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...