Rebel-Kurd Clashes Kill 11 In North Syria
Nearly a dozen Syrian rebels have been killed in hit-and-run clashes with a US-backed alliance dominated by Kurdish forces in ...
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Suicide Car Bomb Kills 4 At Kurdish Checkpoint In Syria
A suicide car bomb attack killed four people overnight at a Kurdish security checkpoint in northeast Syria, the Syrian Observatory ...
Air Strikes Pummel Syria’s Raqa As US-Backed Forces Advance On IS
Heavy bombardment and fierce fighting shook the Islamic State group's Syrian stronghold Raqa on Monday, as US-backed forces said they ...
US-Backed Forces Say Advancing Against IS In Syria’s Raqa
US-backed forces said Monday they had seized a new neighbourhood from the Islamic State group in the jihadist stronghold of ...
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 ...
Tragic End To Raqa Family’s Hopes of Burying Loved Ones
While thousands of people scramble to flee Syria's battle-torn Raqa, members of the Sheikh Wais family bravely headed back in ...
US-Backed Forces In New Push Against IS In Raqa
US-backed forces captured a new district from jihadists in Syria's Raqa but struggled to hold their positions against suicide car ...
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 ...
Americans, Briton Dead In Fight For IS-Held Raqa
Two Americans and a Briton have died fighting alongside Syrian Kurdish forces as they battle to oust the Islamic State ...
Up To 50,000 Civilians Trapped In Raqa
Up to 50,000 civilians remain trapped in the Syrian jihadist stronghold of Raqa, the UN said Tuesday, warning that supplies ...
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 factions ...
Scattered Violations of South Syria Ceasefire
Frontlines across three provinces in southern Syria remained mostly quiet on Monday almost 24 hours into an internationally brokered ceasefire ...
Syria Sides Meet Again In Geneva, With Expectations Low
Syria's government and opposition meet Monday for a seventh round of UN-sponsored peace talks in Geneva with little expectation of ...
Quiet As Southern Syria Ceasefire Begins Ahead of Talks
A ceasefire brokered by the United States, Russia and Jordan brought quiet Sunday to frontlines in southern Syria ahead of ...
Syria Ceasefire Zone A US ‘priority’
A ceasefire set to take effect in southwest Syria on Sunday is a US priority and an important step toward ...
Erdogan Warns Syrian Kurds of Turkey’s Right To Defence
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said Turkey would never allow a Kurdish state in Syria near its border, and ...
US, Russia Agree On Ceasefire In South Syria From Sunday
Russia and the United States have agreed to a ceasefire in southern Syria starting from midday on Sunday, Russian Foreign ...
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 capital in ...
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 ...
France and Russia Vow To Fight Extremism
The French and Russian foreign ministers vowed Thursday to put aside their countries' differences to fight and defeat extremism. "International ...