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No US Involvement In Deal With IS Fighters

The Pentagon said Friday it played no part in an unusual deal in which Islamic State jihadists were allowed to leave a...

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US-Backed Forces Seize Syria’s Tabqa, Dam From IS

A US-backed alliance of Syrian Arab and Kurdish fighters on Wednesday captured the key city of Tabqa and its nearby dam...

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IS Holds Off US-Backed Force In Syria’s Tabqa

Dozens of Islamic State group fighters cornered in a northern part of Syria's Tabqa are holding off US-backed forces...

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US-Backed Fighters Corner IS In Syria’s Tabqa

US-backed fighters cornered the Islamic State group in a last part of Tabqa on Monday, after tearing down a huge...

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Turkey Threatens Further Strikes On US-Allied Syrian Kurds

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday his government is 'seriously saddened' by television footage showing...

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US-Backed Syrian Rebels Advance On ISIS Raqqa Stronghold

A US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance is advancing against the ISIS in the key town of Tabqa near the jihadist bastion of...

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A Waterway Lifeline For US-Backed Syria Force Fighting IS

As US-backed fighters advance on the Islamic State group's de facto Syrian stronghold Raqa, a waterway "corridor" has...

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US-Backed Syria Force Advances Against IS In Tabqa

A US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance is advancing against the Islamic State group in the key town of Tabqa near the...

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IS Using Weaponised Drones To Defend Syria’s Tabqa

The Islamic State group is using weaponised drones to hold off US-backed forces advancing in a key Syrian town, a...

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A Strategic Prize

Syria's Tabqa, which US-backed forces entered Monday, is doubly strategic: it lies on the road to the Islamic State...

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Strike Kills 15 Near Syria’s IS-Held Raqa

At least 15 civilians, including four children, were killed in a suspected US-led coalition airstrike on Saturday near...

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Syrians Flee Raqa ‘hell’ As US-Backed Assault Nears

In a muddy camp in northern Syria, civilians who fled Raqa said fear of an expected US-backed assault on the Islamic...

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Engineers Set To To Enter IS-Held Parts of Syria Dam

Syrian engineers were expected to carry out urgent maintenance Wednesday on the country's largest dam, where US-backed...

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IS Counter-Attacks To Defend North Syria Stronghold

Clashes raged around a key northern Syrian town on Tuesday after the Islamic State group launched a counter-attack to...

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IS Counter-Attacks To Defend North Syria Town

The Islamic State group launched a counter-attack Tuesday against US-backed fighters closing in on a key jihadist-held...

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At Syria Dam, US-Backed Fighters Battle IS Jihadists

The road to the Tabqa dam in northern Syria is strewn with evidence of the clashes being waged by a US-backed alliance...

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Syria Force Halts Push On IS-Held Dam For Repairs

US-backed Syrian fighters on Monday paused their offensive for a key dam held by the Islamic State group to allow a...

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US-Backed Fighters Battle IS Near North Syria Town

US-backed forces battled Islamic State group fighters around a key northern Syrian town on Monday, a monitor said,...

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Syria Fighters ‘take Control’ of IS-Held Airbase Near Raqqa

A US-backed force of Syrian Kurdish and Arab fighters say they have taken full control of a key airbase held by the...