66,000 Displaced In Recent North Syria Fighting
A total of 66,000 people have been displaced by fighting along two fronts in Syria's fractured north, the United Nation's ...
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Desperate Syrians Huddle Among the Trees, Safe For Now
Sheltering from the wind under a gnarled olive tree Saturday, young Jumana and her two children are among tens of ...
Thousands Flee Syria Army Advance In North
Tens of thousands of Syrian civilians have fled advancing Russian-backed regime forces fighting Islamic State group jihadists in the north ...
Russian, Syrian Regime Convoys Enter Northern Syria City
Russia and Syrian regime forces are moving "humanitarian" convoys carrying military equipment into the former Islamic State group's bastion of ...
US Forces Look On As Allies Clash In North Syria
US soldiers aboard Humvee armoured vehicles have been watching from a distance as two of their allies, Turkish-backed forces and ...
Syria Army Retakes Ancient Palmyra From IS
Syrian troops backed by Russian jets completed the recapture of the historic city of Palmyra from the Islamic State group ...
Russian Jets Mistakenly Bomb US-Backed Forces In Syria
Russian warplanes bombed US-backed fighters in several small villages in northern Syria after they mistakenly thought Islamic State group forces ...
Turkish-Backed Syria Rebels Seize Villages From Kurds
Turkish-backed rebels seized two villages from US-supported forces on Wednesday as they sought to expand their control in northern Syria, ...
To Counter Turkey, Damascus Sidles Up To Kurds
Worried over Turkish advances in Syria's north, the Damascus regime has formed an alliance of convenience with the country's Kurds ...
Turkey Says Wants To Be Part of Raqa Operation
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday Ankara wanted to work with its allies to capture the Islamic State bastion ...
Top US Commander For Mideast In Secret Syria Trip
The top US military commander for the Middle East made a secret trip to northern Syria Friday to meet a ...
Turkey Says Al-Bab Completely Captured From Jihadists
Turkish armed forces and allied Syrian rebels have completely taken the IS bastion of Al-Bab in northern Syria from jihadists, ...
Why Does the Capture of Syria’s Al-Bab Matter?
The Syrian town of Al-Bab was for three years a key jihadist stronghold in northern Syria, whose capture Ankara hopes ...
Turkey Says Only 100 Jihadists Left In IS-Held Syria Battleground
Turkey said Wednesday fewer than 100 jihadists were still holed up in the flashpoint Islamic-State Syrian town of Al-Bab, as ...
US-Backed Fighters Advance On IS In Syria’s East
An alliance of Arab and Kurdish fighters seized more than a dozen villages in eastern Syria on Tuesday in their ...
Turkey Presents US Options For Raqa Operation
Turkey has presented two plans to the US detailing how a joint operation could retake the IS de-facto capital of ...
IS Leaders Leaving Syria’s Raqa, Pentagon Says
Leaders of the Islamic State group are leaving their Syrian stronghold of Raqa, fleeing in the face of the Arab-Kurd ...
Erdogan Calls For Safe Zone In Northern Syria
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday that Ankara wanted to establish a "safe zone" in northern Syria free of "terrorists", ...
Turkish Troops, Syria Rebels Enter IS-Held Town
Turkish troops and Syrian rebels on Saturday entered the Islamic State-held town of Al-Bab in northern Syria, as government forces ...
Turkish Army Urges Syrians To Seek Safety As Rebels Push On Al-Bab
The Turkish army has dropped leaflets on the Islamic State-held city of al-Bab in Syria urging civilians to seek shelter, ...