March 2019

Veiled women carrying babies and wounded men on crutches hobbled out of the last militant village in eastern Syria on Wednesday (Mar 6) after US-backed forces pummelled the besieged enclave. The Syrian Democratic Forces leading the assault…

Veiled women carrying babies and wounded men on crutches hobbled out of the last jihadist village in eastern Syria on Wednesday after US-backed forces pummelled the besieged enclave. The Syrian Democratic Forces leading the assault…

Hundreds of Islamic State fighters surrendered on Wednesday and hundreds more of their comrades were caught trying to escape the jihadist group’s last, tiny scrap of land in eastern Syria, Reuters news agency cites a commander in the…

About 400 ISIL militants were caught trying to escape the jihadist group's last, tiny scrap of land in eastern Syria, according to a U.S.-backed militia that besieged the area. ISIL fighters holed up in the enclave at Baghouz near the…

The Russian-Turkish truce has been badly affected following an unprecedented escalation of hostilities in northern Syria. Damascus is blaming Turkey for the escalation, as Turkey gave orders to its military groups in the north to “respond…

Extremist rivals Tahrir al-Sham and the "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" (ISIS) continue to be locked into a vicious cycle of violence in Idlib city that began late last week with a suicide attack on a restaurant, a local activist said.…

Kurdish-led forces in eastern Syria captured around 400 Daesh (ISIS) militants as they attempted to slip out of their besieged enclave of Baghouz, a senior officer said Wednesday. The Syrian Democratic Forces intercepted a large group…

Kurdish-led forces in eastern Syria captured around 400 Islamic State group jihadists as they attempted to slip out of their besieged enclave of Baghouz, a senior officer said Wednesday. The Syrian Democratic Forces intercepted a large…

Kurdish-led forces in eastern Syria captured around 400 Islamic State group jihadists as they attempted to slip out of their besieged enclave of Baghouz, a senior officer said Wednesday. The Syrian Democratic Forces intercepted a large…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the United States needs Rukban refugee camp in southern Syria and near the border with Jordan, where thousands of internally displaced people are stranded, in order to justify its illegitimate…