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SDF: Campaign against ISIS in eastern Syria to speed up
A US-backed campaign against ISIS in eastern Syria will accelerate now the extremist group has been defeated in its former capital Raqqa, a spokesman ... Middle East -
400 ISIS members surrender as Syrian Democratic forces liberate Raqqa
A commander with the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces battling ISIS says the city of Raqqa has been liberated from the radical militants and that ... Middle East -
US-backed fighters seize infamous Raqqa roundabout from ISIS
US-backed Syrian fighters on Monday said they gained complete control of an infamous Raqqa roundabout used by ISIS extremists for public beheadings ... Middle East -
IN PICTURES: These are the ISIS militants forced to leave Syria’s Raqqa
Syria’s Raqqa Civil Council said on Sunday that al-Tabaqah’s city council has agreed to host ISIS militants who departed Raqqa in ... Middle East -
US-backed SDF says 275 ISIS militants left Raqqa city
US-backed militias said they had launched their final assault on Syria’s Raqqa on Sunday after a convoy of ISIS militants left the city, leaving ... Middle East -
US-backed SDF to let Syrian ISIS fighters leave Raqqa
Syrian ISIS fighters are set to abandon Raqqa in a withdrawal agreed with US-backed Syrian militias that have them surrounded, a militia spokesman ... Middle East -
US official: No negotiated pullout for ISIS from Syria’s Raqqa
The US-led coalition battling ISIS said on Wednesday that it won’t accept a negotiated withdrawal for hundreds of ISIS militants holed up in the ... Middle East -
US-backed Syrian fighters preparing for final push in Raqqa
US-backed fighters in northern Syria are preparing for a final offensive on neighborhoods still held by the ISIS group in the city of Raqqa, a ... Middle East -
US verifying Baghdadi recording, but says ‘no reason to doubt’ authenticity
The United States is still trying to verify a purported recording of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who had been rumored to be dead, but suggested ... Middle East -
US-backed Syria militia says Russia hit forces at gas plant
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces militia on Monday accused Russia of killing one of its fighters and wounding others at a gas facility it ... Middle East -
Raqqa campaign in final stages, SDF says
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Wednesday its campaign to capture Raqqa from ISIS was in its final stages and its fighters had ... Middle East -
Photo of Syrian man taken shortly before his death captures horrors of war
At first glance, the image looks like a Greek sculpture of a historical figure or an oil painting, however it’s actually a recent photo of a ... Digital -
US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces attack ISIS in Deir al-Zor
U.S.-backed Syrian militias have launched an operation against ISIS in the north of Deir al-Zor province, a statement said on Saturday.Assaults would ... Middle East -
US-backed Syria force says its seized Raqqa’s old city from ISIS
US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces fighters on Friday ousted ISIS from Raqqa’s Old City, a spokesman told AFP, bringing them closer than ever to ... Middle East -
ISIS counterattack kills 34 Syria regime forces in Raqqa
At least 34 Syrian soldiers and allied fighters have been killed in an ISIS counterattack in the east of Raqqa province, rolling back regime gains, a ... Middle East -
Amnesty: Civilians under greater threat as Raqqa fight intensifies
Amnesty International said on Thursday a US-led coalition campaign to oust ISIS from Syria’s Raqqa had killed hundreds of civilians, and those ... Middle East -
Coalition: 250 US-led strikes in, around Raqqa in past week
At least 250 US-led air strikes have pounded the Syrian city of Raqa and surrounding territory in the past week, the coalition fighting ISIS group ... Middle East -
US-led strikes kill 17 in Syria’s Raqqa: Monitor
US-led coalition air strikes on ISIS’s remaining territory in Syria’s Raqqa city killed 17 civilians on Wednesday, including children, a ... Middle East -
US-backed Syrian fighters pressure ISIS militants in Raqqa
US-backed Syrian fighters advancing on ISIS from the eastern and western parts of the northern city of Raqqa have linked up for the first time since ... Middle East -
Long wait for captive Yazidis’ return spent rebuilding shrine in Iraq’s Bashiqa
Yazidi men and boys in the town of Bashiqa north east of Mosul are rebuilding a shrine destroyed by ISIS as they wait for the return of women from ... Middle East -
US-led coalition strikes kill 29 civilians in Syria: Monitor
Airstrikes by a US-led coalition fighting ISIS killed at least 29 civilians including 14 children in 24 hours in the extremists’ Syrian ... Middle East -
The liberation of Mosul, Raqqa and Idlib... but then what?
Mosul is finally liberated; Raqqa is expected to follow the same path in the coming weeks as well as the Euphrates Valley where the last jihadists of ... Middle East -
2,000 ISIS militants still in Syria’s Raqqa and ‘they will likely die there’
The Kurdish-Syrian alliance battling to recapture Raqqa from ISIS has now seized about 45 percent of the militants' Syria stronghold, a top US ... Middle East -
How a British man tricked a Moroccan woman into joining ISIS
It never occurred to Moroccon Islam Mitat that an online relationship with a British man would quickly escalate to marriage, followed by a long period ... Features -
US-backed Syria force advances in south of ISIS bastion Raqqa
US-backed forces battling to oust ISIS from its Syrian bastion Raqqa have advanced in the city’s south, seizing a new neighborhood, a spokesman ... Middle East -
Homecooked meals, ice cream offer relief from Syria Raqa fight
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Syrian army, allies advance against ISIS east of Raqqa
Syrian government forces and their allies have recaptured territory from ISIS in countryside southeast of its stronghold Raqqa after air strikes in ... Middle East -
Syrian army takes more oil fields from ISIS in Raqqa and eastern desert
The Syrian army backed by heavy Russian air strikes seized a string of oil wells in southwest Raqqa province on Saturday, as retreating ISIS militants ... Middle East -
US military advisors are operating in Raqqa
US military advisors are operating inside the city of Raqqa, ISIS group’s last major bastion in Syria, a US official said Wednesday.The troops, ... Middle East -
US troops inside Raqqa, ISIS Syria stronghold: Official
US military advisors are operating inside the city of Raqqa, ISIS’s last major bastion in Syria, a US official said Wednesday. The troops, many ... Middle East