US-backed Syria force advances in Raqa, battles for base
US-backed Syrian fighters said they had seized a second district of Raqa on Sunday and launched a renewed assault on a base north of the city, as they pursued an offensive against the Islamic State group.
Jun 11, 2017, 19:26 PM IST
US-backed force enters IS-held Raqa from east: Commander
The coalition has backed the SDF's seven-month drive for Raqa with military advisers and weapons deliveries as well as air support.
Jun 06, 2017, 15:35 PM IST
Russia says systematically bombing militants fleeing Syria's Raqqa
Russia said on Thursday it was systematically bombing any Islamic State militants trying to flee Syria's Raqqa and had carried out two such bombing runs in the last week.
Jun 01, 2017, 15:20 PM IST
11 killed in Syria bombings
At least 11 civilians were killed in bombings by the US-led international coalition and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in two provinces in northeastern Syria.
May 13, 2017, 18:28 PM IST
Islamic State attack kills at least 38 in northeast Syria: Monitor
An Islamic State attack in an area held by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northeast Syria killed at least 38 people on Tuesday including 23 civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
May 02, 2017, 23:41 PM IST
Syrian forces capture 80% of Islamic State-held Tabqa city
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have captured 80 per cent of Tabqa city from the Islamic State militant group.
May 02, 2017, 16:08 PM IST
US-backed fighters corner IS in Syria's Tabqa
US-backed fighters cornered the Islamic State group in a last part of Tabqa on Monday, after tearing down a huge jihadist flag that had fluttered over the northern Syrian city.
May 01, 2017, 16:03 PM IST
Turkey threatens further strikes on US-allied Syrian Kurds
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday his country may take further action against Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria.
Apr 30, 2017, 16:27 PM IST
US-backed forces on doorstep of IS-held Syria town
US-backed fighters have advanced to the edge of a key jihadist-held town in northern Syria, a monitor said on Saturday.
Apr 15, 2017, 14:33 PM IST
US backed forces launch new attacks on Islamic State in Syria: Reports
US backed forces fighting Islamic State in Syria launched a new phase of their offensive on Thursday, a statement said, but they have not yet begun to attack the militant group`s stronghold of Raqqa city in an apparent delay in the operation.
Apr 13, 2017, 15:43 PM IST
Strike kills 15 near Syria's Islamic State-held Raqa: Monitor
At least 15 civilians, including four children, were killed in a suspected US-led coalition airstrike on Saturday near the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion Raqa, a monitor said.
Apr 08, 2017, 20:01 PM IST
IS counter-attacks to defend north Syria stronghold
Clashes raged around a key northern Syrian town on Tuesday after the Islamic State group launched a counter-attack to fend off a US-backed advance near the jihadists` stronghold Raqa.
Mar 29, 2017, 00:37 AM IST
IS counter-attacks to defend north Syria town: Monitor
The Islamic State group launched a counter-attack on Tuesday against US-backed fighters closing in on a key jihadist-held town in northern Syria, a monitor said.
Mar 28, 2017, 17:48 PM IST
US backed forces storm IS-held Tabqa military airport in northern Syria: Spokesman
Amman: A United States-backed alliance of militias fighting Islamic State have stormed the Tabqa military airport held by militants, a Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) spokesman said on Sunday.
Mar 26, 2017, 23:56 PM IST
US-backed Syrian militia makes gains against Islamic State
A Kurdish and Arab Syrian militia backed by the United States has captured the town of Karama as it prepares for an assault on the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa that it expects to take place in early April, it said on Sunday.
Mar 26, 2017, 17:58 PM IST
Syrian forces a 'few weeks' away from Raqqa, US Marines deployed to assist
US backed Syrian forces said on Thursday they were closing in on Islamic State-held Raqqa and expected to reach the city outskirts in a few weeks, as a US Marines artillery unit deployed to help the campaign.
Mar 09, 2017, 23:25 PM IST
US coalition jets bomb Islamic State-held town near Euphrates Dam
US-led coalition planes bombed an Islamic State-controlled town near the Euphrates Dam in northern Syria a day after the launch of a new phase of a campaign to capture the militants` defacto capital of Raqqa.
Feb 06, 2017, 09:36 AM IST
Islamic State says its spokesman killed in Syria
Islamic State spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, one of the jihadist group`s longest-serving and most prominent leaders, has been killed in Aleppo in Syria, its Amaq News Agency reported on Tuesday in a statement distributed by the group`s supporters.
Aug 31, 2016, 00:16 AM IST
US tries to stop feuding allies from unraveling Syria strategy
The United States scrambled on Monday to get its feuding allies, Turkey and Kurdish YPG militia, to focus their firepower on Islamic State instead of each other after clashes that have threatened to unravel America`s war strategy in Syria.
Aug 30, 2016, 10:00 AM 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
