A Turkish minister has said that his country does “not accept” US claims that its military has reached a ceasefire deal with Kurdish militias in northern Syria. Syrian rebels backed by Turkish army entered Jarablus, [ More … ]
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has accused the Kurdish militias of engaging in ethnic cleansing in northern Syria. Cavusoglu told a news conference in the Turkish capital Ankara on Monday that fighters of the Kurdish People’s [ More … ]
Kurdish militias clashed with the Turkish military in tanks on the Syrian side of the border on Saturday, a monitoring group said. “Turkish tanks advanced today near Al-Amarneh in Aleppo province, south of the border, [ More … ]
Syrian rebels backed by Turkish special forces, tanks, and warplanes entered one of Islamic State’s last strongholds on the Turkish-Syrian border on Wednesday, and cutting the route on Kurdish militias that were planning to take [ More … ]
Kurdish militias in Syria took near complete control of Hasaka city on Tuesday as a ceasefire ended a week of fighting with the government, consolidating the Kurds’ grip on Syria’s northeast as Turkey increased its [ More … ]
Syria’s multisided conflict — pitting rebels against government forces and the US-led coalition against the Islamic State (ISIS) — took a further twist Aug. 17. The Syrian air force jets began pounding the Kurdish-controlled city of Hasakah in northeastern Syria, [ More … ]
Assad regime’s air force attacked today many areas in the city of Hasaka despite the US’ warnings sent to them through Russia against attacking the Kurdish militias, the US allies in Syria. People’s Protection Units [ More … ]
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 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 … ]
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 … ]
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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