BEIRUT: (APP) US-backed rebels advanced on a key Islamic State group supply line between Syria and Iraq overnight, seizing a small airbase near the border, a monitor said on Wednesday.The New Syrian Army said the operation -- launched on Tuesday -- is aimed at severing the supply line through the ...

MOSCOW: (APP) Russia's defence ministry on Sunday denied bombing US-backed rebels in southern Syria earlier this week.In a video conference with Russian military officials, the Pentagon said Saturday that it had expressed "strong concerns about the attack on the coalition-supported counter-ISIL ...