Opposition activists accused the Kurdish militias of burning on Sunday important documents related to locals in the city of Manbij in an attempt to change the demography of the city in Aleppo eastern countryside. The [ More … ]
the Islamic State (ISIS) group has released more than 2,000 people they had been using as human shields after fleeing Manbij, a city in Aleppo province. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a US-backed alliance consisting [ More … ]
US-backed fighters in Syria have accused the Islamic State (ISIS) group of taking more than 2,000 people hostage, and using them as human shields, as they retreated from the northern city of Manbij. The Syrian Democratic [ More … ]
US-backed militisa have taken control of 40 percent of Manbij after new advances against areas controlled by the Islamic State (ISIS) in the key Syrian city near the Turkish border. Syria Democratic Forces (SDF), with [ More … ]
At least 120 civilians, including 11 children, have been killed in US-led airstrikes against Manbij and Jarablas towns that are held by the Islamic State, activists said. The US-led coalition’s spokesman acknowledged the news on Friday. The [ More … ]
Clashes between the Islamic Sate (ISIS) and US-backed Kurdish militias have erupted in the northern ISIS-held Syrian town of Manbij after the group ignored a 48-hour offer to withdraw from the besieged town without a [ More … ]
US-backed Kurdish militias have given the Islamic State (ISIS) group 48 hours to leave their stronghold of Manbij in Syria, two days after US-coalition airstrikes killed 120 civilians in the besieged city. Thursday’s announcement comes [ More … ]
At least 120 civilians, including 11 children, have been killed in US-led air strikes against areas in Syria, Manbij and Jarablas, held by the Islamic State, activists said. Fifty civilians lost their lives after the [ More … ]
Airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition targeting areas in Syria controlled by the Islamic State group killed at least 15 civilians on Monday, two Syrian activist groups said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said [ More … ]
ISIS on Saturday pushed back U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces, Syria Democratic Forces (SDF), trying to advance into their stronghold of Manbij for the first time since a major offensive to capture the city. After clashes described [ More … ]
U.S.-backed Syrian forces, which consists essentially of Kurdish militias, fought Islamic State militants on Thursday inside the city of Manbij for the first time since they laid siege to the group’s stronghold near the Turkish [ More … ]
With air cover of U.S.-led coalition jets, “Syria Democratic Forces” (SDF) made progress on Saturday on the villages of Haj Abdeen al-Sheikh Tabbash in the west and south of Manbij in Aleppo eastern countryside, activists said. [ More … ]
As an alliance of U.S.-backed militias advance against Islamic State in northern Syria, their political allies are making progress of their own toward a new federal system of government which they hope will take root [ More … ]
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