Turkish military says 71 Kurdish militants killed in Syria in last week
The Turkish military said on Friday 71 Kurdish militants from the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia and the allied PKK had been killed in operations in Syria over the past week.
Mar 10, 2017, 13:36 PM IST
Turkey welcomes withdrawal of Syrian Kurdish fighters from Manbij: Deputy PM
A significant portion of Kurdish YPG militia fighters who were in the northern Syrian town of Manbij are withdrawing to the east of the Euphrates river in a move welcomed by Turkey, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus told reporters on Monday.
Sep 26, 2016, 17:52 PM IST
Islamic State loses control of Manbij city in Syria
US-backed Kurdish and Arab fighters freed the Manbij city in Syria from Islamic State (IS) terrorists as the residents celebrated the liberation from group's two-year rule over the city.
Aug 14, 2016, 09:07 AM IST
US-backed Syrian force captures key IS stronghold of Manbij
US-backed fighters have seized a key Islamic State stronghold in northern Syria after two months of heavy fighting and freed hundreds of civilians the extremists had used as human shields, Syrian Kurdish officials and an opposition activist group said today.
Aug 13, 2016, 23:25 PM IST
Islamic State frees hundreds of abducted civilians in north Syria
The Islamic State group has freed hundreds of civilians used by the jihadists as human shields while retreating in northern Syrian, US-backed forces and a monitor said on Saturday.
Aug 13, 2016, 15:27 PM IST
Islamic State almost completely ousted from Syria's Manbij city: Observatory
U.S.-backed forces trying to oust Islamic State militants from the Syrian city of Manbij took almost complete control of the city on Saturday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Aug 06, 2016, 16:19 PM IST
Arab-Kurd alliance seizes IS Syria stronghold
A coalition of Arab and Kurd fighters on Saturday seized the Islamic State group stronghold of Manbij, two months after launching an operation to capture the strategic city in northern Syria, a monitor said.
Aug 06, 2016, 14:07 PM IST
Islamic State executes 24 civilians after seizing Syria village
The Islamic State jihadist group has executed at least 24 civilians after seizing a village in northern Syria from a Kurdish-Arab alliance, a monitor said on Friday.
Jul 29, 2016, 15:16 PM IST
US-backed forces give IS '48 hours' to leave Syria's Manbij
"This initiative is the last remaining chance for besieged members of IS to leave the town," said the Manbij Military Council, part of the Syrian Democratic Forces alliance.
Jul 21, 2016, 15:14 PM IST
Syria activists urge protests over deadly coalition raids
Asked about the Al-Tukhar raids, the US-led coalition said it had recently "conducted air strikes near Manbij" and was looking into the reports of civilian casualties.
Suspected US coalition strikes kill 56 civilians in IS-held Syrian city: Monitor
At least 56 civilians were killed on Tuesday in air strikes north of the besieged Islamic State-held city of Manbij in northern Syria, and residents said they believed the attack was carried out by US-led warplanes, a monitoring group said.
Jul 19, 2016, 23:36 PM IST
13,000 flee ISIS bastion Manbij since start of assault: Monitor
At least 13,000 civilians have fled the Islamic State group bastion of Manbij in northern Syria since the launch of a US-backed offensive there, a monitor said Monday.
Jul 04, 2016, 17:14 PM IST
US-backed forces enter key Islamic State bastion in north Syria
The loss of the city would deal another blow to IS following a string of recent battlefield defeats.
Jun 24, 2016, 10:43 AM IST
Kurdish-Arab forces enter IS Syria bastion of Manbij: Monitor
A US-backed alliance of Kurdish and Arab forces pushed on Thursday into the Islamic State group's bastion city of Manbij in northern Syria, a monitoring group said.
Jun 23, 2016, 18:32 PM IST
Syrian rebels close in on strategic IS group-held city
A rebel victory would inflict one of the largest strategic defeats on the IS group since it proclaimed its rule over territory in Iraq and Syria two years ago.
Jun 04, 2016, 05:52 AM IST
