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Trump and His Campaign Promises
Donald Trump took office trailing a string of promises made during a bruising election campaign. Six months into his...
US Troops Inside Raqa, IS Syria Stronghold
US military advisors are operating inside the city of Raqa, the Islamic State group's last major bastion in Syria, a US...
WFP Expands Food Aid Deliveries In Syria’s Raqa
The UN's World Food Programme announced Wednesday it has resumed aid deliveries in parts of Syria's Raqa province for...
Civilian Deaths Soar In Iraq, Syria
The US-led coalition attacking the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria killed as many as 744 civilians in June, an...
Mosul Loss Huge, But Not Deadly, Blow To ‘caliphate’
Mosul was the largest city in the "caliphate" proclaimed by the Islamic State group and its loss is a huge blow to the...
Iraq’s Second City and Cultural Jewel
Mosul, wrested from the Islamic State jihadist group on Sunday, is Iraq's second city and one of its cultural jewels....
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...
Civilians Trapped As Iraq Forces Battle IS In Mosul
Iraqi forces on Thursday battled the last remaining Islamic State group fighters in Mosul's Old City, where the UN said...
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...
For Families Fleeing IS, A Waystation In Aleppo
Syrian escapees from the Islamic State group languished for hours on the sizzling concrete pavements at Aleppo's main...
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 Forces In Syria Breach Wall Surrounding Old City of Raqa
US-backed forces in Syria have breached the wall surrounding the Old City of Raqa as they try to retake the city from...
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...
Washington’s Anti-IS Envoy In Ankara After Syria Visit
The White House envoy coordinating the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group was holding talks in Ankara on...
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 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...
Syria Christians Take On IS In Raqa
An ivory-coloured rosary swings from the rearview mirror of Abboud Seryan's pickup truck as he speeds through Syria's...
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,...
US-Led Coalition Downs Iran-Made Drone In Syria
A US warplane shot down an Iranian-made drone operated by pro-regime forces in southern Syria early Tuesday, officials...