World Mar 02 US-backed Syrian fighters advance on 2 fronts against IS The 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 Syria U.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 Syria A 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…
World Feb 19 UN concerned about some 200 families trapped in Islamic State enclave The U.N.'s human rights chief said Tuesday she is concerned about the condition of some 200 families trapped in the last remaining area held by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria, where they are mixed with hundreds of militants.
World Feb 17 U.S.-backed Syria force says IS holding 1,000 civilians Islamic State militants are preventing more than 1,000 civilians from leaving a tiny area still held by the extremist group in a village in eastern Syria, a spokesman for the U.S.-backed Syrian militia fighting the group said Sunday.
World Dec 28 Kurds seek help from Syrians as U.S. prepares to withdraw Since the U.S. announcement, forces have been building up around Manbij and further east, ushering in new alliances and raising the chances for friction.
World Oct 20 Turkish reaction: we won’t allow “cover-up” in Saudi killing Turkey will "never allow a cover-up" of the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, a senior official in Turkey's ruling party said Saturday after Saudi Arabia announced hours earlier that the writer died during…
World Jul 26 Mass funerals held in southern Syria day after Islamic State attacks Mourners in southern Syria attended mass funerals Thursday for least 216 people killed in coordinated attacks by Islamic State fighters on a usually peaceful city and surrounding countryside. In the worst violence to hit the area since the country's conflict…
World Jul 22 Israel evacuates Syrian volunteers stranded in frontier area The evacuation was the first such Israeli intervention in Syria's lengthy civil war, now in its eighth year.
World Jul 15 Syrian government targets rebels near Israel-occupied Golan BEIRUT — Syrian government forces unleashed hundreds of missiles on a rebel-held area near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Sunday, activists said, the latest phase in an offensive to clear southern Syria of insurgents. The government’s push came after it…