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