Pentagon Chief, Turkish PM Meet After Decision To Arm Kurds
Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said Thursday he had "no doubt" that Turkey and the United States would work out any ...
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US-Backed Fighters Hunt For IS Holdouts In Syria’s Tabqa
US-backed fighters hunted for jihadist holdouts in Syria's Tabqa on Thursday after overrunning the city and nearby dam in 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 ...
Syria Kurds Say US Decision To Arm Them Will Hasten IS Defeat
Kurdish fighters battling the Islamic State group in Syria said Wednesday that the "historic" US decision to provide them with ...
US To Arm Kurds In Battle For Raqqa
US President Donald Trump has approved supplying weapons to Kurdish forces fighting so-called Islamic State (IS) in Syria, the Pentagon ...
Anti-IS Coalition Meets In Denmark To Assess Campaign
Key members of the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria meet in Copenhagen on Tuesday ...
What Are the ‘de-Escalation Zones’ Agreed For Syria?
After six years of conflict in Syria, government backers Russia and Iran and rebel supporter Turkey have signed a deal ...
Route To Raqa Dotted With Discarded Veils, Burned Cars
Dozens of black veils dotted a freshly laid sand berm in northern Syria, ditched by women fleeing the Islamic State ...
US-Backed Forces Battle IS Last Pocket In Syria’s Tabqa
US-backed fighters battled to clear the Islamic State group from a final pocket of Syria's Tabqa on Tuesday after seizing ...
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 ...
US-Backed Forces Seize 80% of Syria’s Tabqa From IS
US-backed fighters have captured 80 percent of Syria's Tabqa from the Islamic State group, a monitor said on Monday, a ...
U.S.-Led Fight On ISIS Has Killed 352 Civilians -Pentagon
At least 352 civilians have been killed in US-led strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria since the ...
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 become a ...
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 jihadist ...
Is the Middle East Trump’s New Playground?
As the United States marks 100 days since President Donald Trump assumed office, analysts say his sporadic policies in 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 ...
Turkish Strikes Kill Kurdish Fighters In Syria, Iraq
Turkish warplanes killed more than 20 Kurdish fighters Tuesday in strikes in Syria and Iraq, where the Kurds are key ...
US-Backed Forces Enter Major Jihadist-Held Syria Town
A US-backed alliance of Arab-Kurdish forces entered the key jihadist-held town of Tabqa on Monday as they pursued their campaign ...
US-Backed Forces Reach Edge of IS-Held Syria Town
US-backed fighters have reached the outskirts of a key jihadist-held town in northern Syria as part of an offensive against ...