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World Oct 13
Syria’s Kurds look to Assad for protection after US pulloutSyria's Kurds said Syrian government forces agreed Sunday to help them fend off Turkey's invasion — a major shift in alliances that came after President Trump ordered all U.S. troops withdrawn from the northern border area amid the rapidly deepening…
World Oct 11
Syrian Kurds say Turkish shells hit ISIS prisonDhaos and the ongoing assault have raised fears that the Turkish offensive on Kurdish-held northeastern Syria may undermine the security of over two dozen facilities where 10,000 Islamic State militants are held.
World Jul 27
Syrian rebel town pounded, 11 killed in market airstrikeA Syrian government airstrike hit a busy open-air market in the country's northwest on Saturday, killing at least 11 people, most of them children, according to activists.
World Jun 08
Syrian soccer goalie who became rebel icon dies in battleAbdelbaset Sarout, 27, rose to fame as a player for his home city of Homs and won international titles representing his country.
World May 27
Syrian air raids hit crowded residential areas in IdlibAt least six people were killed and 10 remain under rubble, rescuers and activists said Monday.
World Mar 06
Angry and defiant, Islamic State families surrender in SyriaCombat appeared to stop on Wednesday to allow for evacuations from the IS-held pocket in the eastern Syrian village of Baghouz.
World Mar 05
French jihadis killed in last Islamic State holdout in SyriaA prominent French militant who joined the Islamic State group, Jean-Michel Clain, was killed in a mortar strike over the weekend as he struggled with wounds suffered in an earlier airstrike that killed his jihadi brother, his wife said Tuesday…
World Mar 02
US-backed Syrian fighters advance on 2 fronts against ISThe ground assault into the last area held by the Islamic State group intensified Saturday as U.S.-backed Syrian fighters made “remarkable progress” amid heavy clashes, including the capture of a hill overlooking a tent encampment for the extremists, officials with…
World Feb 21
More than 150 Islamic State militants handed over to Iraq from SyriaU.S.-backed Syrian forces fighting the Islamic State group in Syria handed over more than 150 Iraqi members of the group to Iraq, the first batch of several to come, an Iraqi security official said Thursday.
World Feb 20
Civilians evacuated from last Islamic State holdout in SyriaA convoy of trucks carrying hundreds of civilians, including men, women and children, left the last enclave held by Islamic State militants in eastern Syria on Wednesday, signaling a possible end to a standoff that has lasted for more than…
