The U.S. has started withdrawal from military bases in the northeastern Syrian province of Al-Hasakah to northern Iraq. The move comes following a recent troop pullout from the cities of Raqqah, Ayn Al-Arab (Kobani) and [ More … ]
Designation follows Trump’s pledge to issue executive order authorizing possible imposition of sanctions The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions Monday on two Turkish ministries and three senior government officials over Turkey’s anti-terror operation in northeastern [ More … ]
The Syrian Democratic Forces said they captured a major oil field in Deir Ezzor province on Sunday, pressing their offensive against Islamic State fighters in eastern Syria. The US-backed group said they took al-Omar field [ More … ]
A high-level Saudi official is in the Syrian city of Raqqa, which was recently retaken from the Islamic State group, to discuss his country’s role in reconstruction efforts A state-linked Saudi news site says a [ More … ]
Syrian activists reacted with anger as Abdullah Ocalan’s image appeared following the liberation of the city from Islamic State Syrian social media users have reacted with alarm after the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) unveiled a [ More … ]
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said on Tuesday they had fully captured the Islamic State group’s former Syrian stronghold Raqqa, after more than four months of fighting. The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces [SDF] said on [ More … ]
Amnesty has said that civilians are trapped in the city while according to Airwars several hundred of civilians have died since June The US-led coalition campaign to oust the Islamic State group (IS) from Syria’s [ More … ]
A Syrian war monitor has claimed US-led air strikes on IS-held Raqqa has cost 59 civilians lives in three days, including 21 children. US-led coalition air strikes aimed at dislodging Islamic State militants from the [ More … ]
US-backed fighters pierced militant-held Raqqa from the south for the first time on Sunday, crossing the Euphrates River to enter a new part of the Syrian city, a monitor said. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) [ More … ]
US Defense Secretary Mattis claims the weapons sent to the YPG militia will be retrieved once Daesh is defeated. The weapons sent to the PKK’s Syrian offshoot, the YPG, in Syria’s Raqqa, will be retrieved [ More … ]
The U.S. will share details about the weapons delivered to the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which is predominantly led by the PKK terror organization’s Syrian branch, the YPG, in Raqqa, a senior U.S. military [ More … ]
Nearly 200,000 civilians have fled Raqqa as US-backed Syrian forces prepare for an assault on the Islamic State stronghold. Around 200,000 people have fled the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa, as US-backed Syrian forces prepare [ More … ]
As the planned offensive of IS-held Raqqa approaches, the US is living up to its promise and providing small arms to Kurdish fighters readying for the assault. US small arms have been delivered to Kurdish [ More … ]
Ankara considers US-backed Syrian rebels to be linked to separatists in Turkey Washington says it is ‘keenly aware’ of Turkey’s concerns about to provide arms to Kurdish elements of the Syrian Democratic Forces US President [ More … ]
Syrian rebels have accused Kurdish factions of being too close to the regime Syria’s foreign minister is describing the role of US-backed Syrian Kurds fighting the Islamic State group in Syria as “legitimate.” The comment [ More … ]
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