As the U.S.-led offensive against ISIS pushes fighters out of Mosul into Syria, a similar offensive has begun against militants in Raqqa. The shared thing between the two offensives is the heavy price the civilians will [ 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 … ]
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 … ]
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 … ]
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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