Ankara sees the Syrian Kurdish fighters as an extension of its own insurgent group it labels terrorists... READ MORE›
Iraqi and American officials say IS militants are expected to continue carrying out insurgent-style attacks in Syria, Iraq and beyond... READ MORE›
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said ongoing heavy bombardment in the Deir Ezzor province had killed 50 civilians, including 20 children, since late Friday night... READ MORE›
Claim The Syrian Army, backed by Russian air support, has recaptured more than 500,000 sq km of territory from so-called Islamic State IS militants... READ MORE›
Albu Kamal is located in Deir al-Zor province at the Syrian border with Iraq, just over the frontier from the Iraqi town of al-Qaim... READ MORE›
Militants took over Raqqa, on the Euphrates River, in 2014 and transformed it into the epicentre of their brutal rule... READ MORE›
Omar Alloush, a local Raqqa official, told The Associated Press on Friday that about 100 ISIS militants surrendered at once... READ MORE›
A broader effort by the Raqqa Civil Council to get the remaining civilians out of there, according to Dillon... READ MORE›
Russia accuses US of pretending to fight Islamic State in Syria Iraq... READ MORE›
Large number of fighters, including foreign mercenaries, killed in air raids in Deir Az Zor, Russian officials say... READ MORE›
Iraqi forces, like their counterparts in Syria, use a database to pick out suspected IS fighters from among civilians... READ MORE›
Several regional airlines are moving to halt flights to Irbil in Iraq's Kurdish region... READ MORE›
Why should the European Union be worried about independence for Iraq's Kurdish region? Speak to Kurds, and many say it should not be. Ebubekir Isik,... READ MORE›
US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces claim to have taken a major gas field, which is located in Deir Az Zor... READ MORE›
Over the past two months, about 30 fighters have surrendered to the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces SDF ... READ MORE›
Hawija, located in the oil-rich province of Kirkuk, 240km north of Baghdad, is one of the last pockets of territory held by ISIL fighters in Iraq... READ MORE›
That line runs from the neighbouring province of Raqqa and southeast along the Euphrates to Deir Az Zor... READ MORE›
Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces say raid occurred on eastern side of Euphrates river in area liberated from Isis... READ MORE›
On Sunday Sept. 17 the Syrian army and allied forces captured the al-Jafra district... READ MORE›
The Russian defence ministry said Russian air forces carry out pinpoint strikes only on IS targets that have been observed and confirmed through several channels... READ MORE›
Russian munitions impacted a location known to the Russians to contain Syrian Democratic Forces and coalition advisers, the Pentagon said in a statement... READ MORE›
The alliance of Iran-backed Shi'ite militias said the offensive, with Damascus's military support and Russian air cover, began in the southern corner of Deir al-Zor province... READ MORE›
Iraqi armed forces have started an offensive to dislodge ISIL fighters from an area on the border with Syria, south of the Euphrates river... READ MORE›
Syrian government or Russian air strikes targeted US-backed Syrian militias in Deir al-Zor province at dawn on Saturday, a militia official told Reuters... READ MORE›
Syrian government or Russian air strikes targeted US-backed Syrian militias in Deir al-Zor province at dawn on Saturday, a militia official told Reuters... READ MORE›
After losing control of the city of Deir ez-Zor, Isis fighters have retreated towards the Euphrates river... READ MORE›
ISIS used US missile strike to launch new offensive near Palmyra, Homs governor tells RT -- RT News... READ MORE›
Iraq's army says it has retaken all of eastern Mosul from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ISIL ... READ MORE›
At least 23 civilians, including eight children, have been killed in air raids on an ISIL-held village in northern Syria, according to a monitor... READ MORE›
The Syrian Democratic Forces say they have seized the last route to Raqqa, and now fully encircle the city... READ MORE›
Damascus was once a largely undisputed shoo-in for oldest city... READ MORE›
The evacuation deal, brokered by Lebanon's Hezbollah and the Syrian army, sparked a furious reaction from Iraq and the United States... READ MORE›
Syrian rebel fighters backed by Turkey have seized the town of Dabiq from Islamic State, a symbolically crucial victory in the fight against the terror group... READ MORE›
Monitors and officials say there's been a marked increase in civilian deaths as Iraqi forces push into Mosul's Old City... READ MORE›
Police chief of iraq's anbar province killed by bomb... READ MORE›
SYRIAN ARMY ALSO EYES RAQQA The Syrian army's advance from the west has added to the pressure on Islamic State... READ MORE›
Bisected by the Euphrates River, Deir al-Zor and its oil resources are critical to the Syrian state... READ MORE›
Hundreds of people have fallen ill from suspected food poisoning at a camp for displaced people near the Iraqi city of Mosul, officials say... READ MORE›
It cut off the advance of Isil into the small Christian town of Ras Baalbek, in the north of Lebanon... READ MORE›
Russia accused of bombing central hospital in Maaret al-Numaan in Idlib province, injuring several people... READ MORE›
Witnesses in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk say armed militants have attacked a local police compound and that fighting is underway... READ MORE›
The UN special envoy to Syria Staffan De Mistura has said eastern Aleppo faces total destruction that will result in the deaths of thousands of civilians... READ MORE›
He said it would allow hundreds of fighters to deploy along an insecure border, close to three Iraqi desert towns still under ISIL control... READ MORE›
Located about 40km from Raqqa, the dam is the biggest on the Euphrates... READ MORE›
Media reports say Kosuke Tsuneoka, 47, is a freelance journalist who was covering the battle to take the city of Mosul from the armed group... READ MORE›
Ain Issa sits on a major east-west highway from Aleppo in the west to the Iraqi city of Mosul... READ MORE›
It has also been criticized in Lebanon, where opinion is polarized over Hezbollah's increasingly assertive role in directing the policies of the state... READ MORE›
The SDF is dominated by the Kurdish YPG militia, and is the main partner for the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State in Syria... READ MORE›
Musicians who lived under ISIL rule had to keep their profession a secret or face severe punishment. But now they have begun to perform again... READ MORE›
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces SDF announced they had captured the Tabqa airbase, 45 kilometres west of Raqqa, the ISIS group's de facto capital in Syria... READ MORE›
The Euphrates Dam is one of the major sources of electicity in the country and crucial for irrigation of farms in the fertile region around Raqqa... READ MORE›
The regime has been fighting since the end of September to break the siege, said Rami Abdurrahman, the head of London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights... READ MORE›
Islamic State-affiliated Amaq news agency said two suicide attacks were conducted by its fighters near Tanf on positions of Syrian groups supported by America... READ MORE›
Security forces rapidly close in on key ISIS-held territories in Iraq and Syria, military officials say... READ MORE›
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Islamic State had cut roads and were in control and had been positioned in former Syrian army bases with a strong presence and with heavy armor... READ MORE›
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