US-backed Kurdish fighters have almost recaptured all of Manbij, a Syrian city northeast of Aleppo, from the Islamic State (ISIL) after fierce clashes that lasted for weeks. With the support of airstrikes, the Syrian Democratic Forces [ 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 … ]
Assad regime and Russian jets have stepped up the bombardment of a town in Raqqa province held by the Islamic State (ISIS) group, increasing pressure on the fighters while killing tens of civilians. The Syrian Observatory [ 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 … ]
Syrian rebels forced Islamic State fighters to withdraw from frontlines of Marea town in Aleppo on Wednesday as they mounted a counter attack against the terrorist group near the Turkish border, while the Kurdish militias [ More … ]
U.S.-backed militias in Syria have surrounded the Islamic State-held city of Manbij from three sides as they press an offensive against the militants near the Turkish border, a spokesman for the fighters said on Monday. [ More … ]
Thousands of Syrian fighters supported by a small U.S. special operations team launched a major offensive last week to drive Islamic State from the “Manbij pocket”, further east near the Turkish border, which Islamic State [ More … ]
The Assad regime’s army advanced into Raqqa province, the capital of Islamic State terrorist group, after a major Russian-backed offensive against the militants, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday. The offensive is [ More … ]
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