Islamic State militants launch deadly attack in Syria, Iraq, dozens killed
Seven members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), and an allied security force called the Asayish were killed in the attack, an attempt by Islamic State to free prisoners in the jail.
Jan 21, 2022, 19:33 PM IST
Islamic State prisoners agree to end riot in Syria jail
The riot began Saturday at a prison in the city of Hassakeh, one of the largest facilities where IS members are held, and control was reestablished Sunday evening, said Kino Gabriel, a spokesman for the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces.
May 04, 2020, 07:50 AM IST
Over 50 killed as Turkey-Syria offensive continues
Of the 11 victims, five people, including a Syrian baby, were reportedly killed in Kurdish shelling of Turkish border towns.
Oct 11, 2019, 14:50 PM IST
US-backed force says it has taken positions in Islamic State Syria camp
US-backed fighters said they had taken positions in Islamic State`s last enclave in eastern Syria and air strikes pounded the tiny patch of land beside the Euphrates River early on Monday, a Reuters journalist said.
Mar 19, 2019, 08:01 AM IST
Syria fighters say IS still holds civilians, slowing attack
Islamic State faces defeat in the last shred of its main territory in Syria and Iraq where it announced a "caliphate" in 2014, suffering years of steady retreats after arousing global fury through grotesque displays of cruelty.
Mar 04, 2019, 17:46 PM IST
US-backed SDF hand Iraqi, foreign Islamic State fighters to Iraq
The SDF and the US-backed coalition could not immediately be reached for comment.
Feb 21, 2019, 15:58 PM IST
US cannot back Syrian forces who align with Assad: US commander
With US-backing, the SDF has routed Islamic State and is on the verge of recapturing the final bits of its once sprawling territory.
Feb 18, 2019, 09:58 AM IST
IS attack kills 26 displaced people in Syria: Monitor
A car bombing blamed on the Islamic State group killed at least 26 displaced people in eastern Syria on Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said.
Nov 18, 2017, 00:22 AM IST
Islamic State defeated in their Syrian capital Raqqa
U.S.-backed militias raised a flag inside Raqqa stadium on Tuesday, a Reuters witness said, as a four-month battle to take Islamic State`s Syrian capital came to an end.
Oct 17, 2017, 19:11 PM IST
Syria's SDF: US-backed alliance who captured IS-held Raqa
On October 17, SDF spokesman Talal Sello told AFP the US-backed fighters finally had "taken full control of Raqa" from IS.
Oct 17, 2017, 17:33 PM IST
Anti-ISIS force nearing 'final' week of Raqa fight: Commander
US-backed fighters battling to oust the Islamic State group from Syria's Raqa were nearing the "final week" of their assault, the campaign's commander said today.
Oct 09, 2017, 00:29 AM IST
US sends mass military gears to SDF in Raqqa
The large quantities of weapons aim to help the SDF in their fight to completely clear Raqqa from IS, said the group.
Sep 25, 2017, 06:22 AM IST
US-backed force enters Syria's Raqa from south: Monitor
US-backed fighters pierced jihadist-held Raqa from the south for the first time, crossing the Euphrates River to enter a new part of the Syrian city, a monitor said.
Jul 03, 2017, 09:23 AM IST
US-backed forces in new attack on IS in Syria's Raqa: Monitor
The United Nations estimates some 100,000 civilians remain in Raqa, with the jihadists accused of using them as human shields.
Jul 01, 2017, 20:04 PM IST
US-backed forces cut off last IS escape route from Raqa
But IS fighters hit back with a counterattack that included several suicide bombings against the Syrian Democratic Forces, an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters trying to seize control of the city.
Jun 30, 2017, 12:21 PM IST
US-backed Syrian groups take Raqqa district from Islamic State
A U.S.-backed Syrian coalition of Kurdish and Arab groups advanced against Islamic State in the jihadists` Syrian capital of Raqqa on Sunday, taking the al-Qadisia district, they said.
Jun 26, 2017, 08:59 AM IST
US-backed Syrian forces close in on Raqqa from south
Islamic State is also facing defeat in its Iraqi stronghold of Mosul and is being forced into retreat across much of Syria, where Deir al-Zor in eastern Syria is its last major foothold.
Jun 21, 2017, 19:01 PM IST
US shoots down Syria warplane that 'hit allies'
An American fighter jet has for the first time downed a Syrian warplane that Washington accused of attacking US-backed fighters, in a new escalation between the United States and regime forces.
Jun 19, 2017, 16:58 PM IST
Iraqi forces remove Islamic State fighters from vicinity of US base in Syria
In Mosul, where a US-backed offensive against Islamic State on Saturday entered its ninth month, the militants have been squeezed into an enclave on the western bank of the Tigris river.
Iraqi forces remove Islamic State fighters from vicinity of US base in Syria
In Mosul, where a US-backed offensive against Islamic State on Saturday entered its ninth month, the militants have been squeezed into an enclave on the western bank of the Tigris river.
