Syrian Democratic Forces

IS counterattack in Syria leaves 32 dead: monitor

Militants defending their last bastion in eastern Syria used the cover of bad weather to… Read More

US-backed forces say have captured Raqqa from IS

BAGHDAD: US-backed forces said Tuesday they had taken full control of Raqqa from the Islamic… Read More

Russia rejects allegation it bombed US-backed fighters in Syria

MOSCOW: Russia’s Defence Ministry on Sunday rejected allegations it had bombed U.S.-backed militias in Syria,… Read More

Retreating Islamic State abducts 2,000 Syrians as ‘human shields’

DAMASCUS: Islamic State group fighters seized around 2,000 civilians to use as "human shields" Friday… Read More

US-backed Syria alliance pushes into IS border hub

BEIRUT: US-backed Syrian fighters pushed further into the Islamic State group stronghold of Manbij on… Read More

Russia bombing US-backed rebels in Syria: US official

WASHINGTON: Russia on Thursday bombed US-backed fighters in southern Syria, according to a US official… Read More

Two US troops injured in Iraq, Syria during Islamic State attacks

WASHINGTON: Two US troops were wounded over the weekend in separate Islamic State attacks in… Read More

Air strikes kill 23 in IS’s Syria ‘capital’: monitor

DAMASCUS: Warplanes pounded the Islamic State group's de facto Syrian capital Raqa on Tuesday, killing… Read More