US President Donald Trump has welcomed the defeat of Daesh in Syria but warned that the terror group remained a threat. His remarks came after Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces raised victory flags in the Syrian town of Baghuz, which was the last stronghold of Daesh in the country. President ...

In Syria, US-backed fighters are poised to capture Islamic State’s last, tiny enclave on the Euphrates, bringing its self-declared caliphate to the brink of total defeat. Battle Commander Jiya Furat said the Syrian Democratic Forces had cornered the remaining militants in a neighborhood of ...

Washington: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that the United States remained committed to permanently destroying the Islamic State group despite pulling forces from Syria, as he asked concerned allies to do more. Pompeo offered assurances as top officials from 79 countries met in ...

In Syria, at least eighteen people have been killed after a booby-trapped car exploded in the eastern  village of Al-Basira. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, among those killed were seven civilians and  eleven fighters of Syrian Democratic Forces. APP

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has warned US-backed Kurdish forces he would not hesitate to use force to retake the third of the country they control. "The only problem left in Syria is the SDF," Assad told Russia Today in an interview aired Thursday, referring to the Kurdish-led Syrian ...

DUBAI (APP) - Washington will send another 200 troops to Syria to help an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters seize the Islamic State group bastion of Raqa, Defence Secretary Ashton Carter said on Saturday.Battle for Aleppo: Syria last front against ISIS"I can tell you today that the United ...

BEIRUT, June 11, (APP): Manbij Attack: Thousands trapped in Syria after US intensify air strikes Tens of thousands of civilians are trapped inside the northern Syrian city of Manbij after US-backed fighters surrounded the Islamic State group stronghold, a monitor said Saturday. The Syrian ...

BEIRUT, (APP): US-Backed forces deadly attack against ISIS in Iraq and Syria Kurdish and Arab fighters aided by US soldiers battled the Islamic State group north of its Syrian stronghold of Raqa Thursday as Iraqi forces edged towards the jihadist-held city of Fallujah. The twin offensives are two ...

BAGHDAD, (APP): Fight against ISIS: Time Line of Events Here are milestones in the fight against the Islamic State group as a Kurdish-Arab alliance announced an assault against the IS north of its Syrian bastion of Raqa. In neighbouring Iraq, government forces have also launched an offensive to ...