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Damascus Bomber Kills 18 After Car Chase

A suicide car bomber pursued by security forces blew himself up in eastern Damascus on Sunday, with a monitor reporting...

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18 Killed As Car Bombers Strike Damascus

A suicide car bomber pursued by security forces blew himself up in eastern Damascus on Sunday, with a monitor reporting...

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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,...

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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...

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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,...

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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,...

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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...

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30 Civilians Dead In Air Strikes On IS-Held Area of Syria

Most of the Syrian town of Deir Ezzor province is controlled by the jihadists and it has been the target of air strikes...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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We Retain the Right To Self Defense

The White House hit back at Russia on Monday after the Kremlin warned it would track US-led coalition aircraft in Syria...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...