11/02/2019

A Kurdish-led force arrested 63 suspected militants in the Syrian city of Raqqa Thursday during an operation against Islamist sleeper cells, it said in a statement. The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said those detained belonged to…

A Kurdish-led force arrested 63 suspected militants in the Syrian city of Raqa Thursday during an operation against jihadist sleeper cells, it said in a statement. The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said those detained belonged to…

A Kurdish-led force arrested 63 suspected militants in the Syrian city of Raqa Thursday during an operation against jihadist sleeper cells, it said in a statement. The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said those detained belonged to…

At its height, the jihadist proto-state proclaimed by IS in June 2014 straddled swathes of land in Syria and Iraq and was roughly the size of Britain. Major General Christopher Ghika, the coalition’s deputy commander, described the size of…

The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria group's (ISIS') "caliphate" has shrunk to less than 1 per cent of its original size, the US-led coalition said on Thursday (Feb 7), as a final onslaught in eastern Syria loomed. Kurdish-led forces…

The Islamic State group's "caliphate" has shrunk to less than one per cent of its original size, the US-led coalition said Thursday, as a final onslaught in eastern Syria loomed. Kurdish-led forces spearheading the offensive have paused…

U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led Syrian forces said Saturday they have launched a final push to defeat the Islamic State group in the last tiny pocket the extremists hold in eastern Syria. Syrian Democratic Forces spokesman Mustafa Bali tweeted…

President Donald Trump predicted Wednesday that the Islamic State group will soon have lost all the territory it once controlled in Iraq and Syria. He said the U.S. will not relent in fighting remnants of the extremist organization despite…

Iraqi militias said Thursday they have launched dozens of missiles targeting Islamic State militants holed up in a Syrian village across the border. The state-sanctioned Popular Mobilization Forces said they fired 50 missiles at targets in…

Iraqi militias said Thursday they have launched dozens of missiles targeting Islamic State militants holed up in a Syrian village across the border. The state-sanctioned Popular Mobilization Forces said they fired 50 missiles at targets in…