Tag: ISIS in Syria

Putin and Erdogan to hold Syria talks

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan will hold Syria talks in Moscow on Wednesday, with Turkey saying they will...

Syria withdrawal has begun: US-led coalition

HASAKEH, SYRIA: The US-led coalition in Syria has begun withdrawing its troops, a spokesman said Friday, less than a month after US President Donald Trump...

32 dead as Daesh counterattacks in Syria

SYRIA: Militants defending their last bastion in eastern Syria used the cover of bad weather to launch a deadly counterattack against a Kurdish-led force,...

Let down by US, Syrian Kurdish leaders look to Russia and...

BEIRUT: Alarmed by a US decision to leave Syria, Kurdish leaders who run much of the north are urging Russia and its ally Damascus...

Pakistani-born US woman pleads guilty to bitcoin fraud to help IS

A Pakistani-born American woman has acknowledged her role in defrauding numerous financial institutions in a bitcoin scheme to help the militant Islamic State (IS)...

US-backed Syria force suspends anti-IS attacks after Turkey hits

SYRIA: A Kurdish-led force backed by a US-led coalition on Wednesday suspended operations against the Islamic State group and said they would not resume...

To fast or not? Free of IS, Syrians in Raqqa mark...

RAQQA: To fast or not to fast? For the first time in years, Syrians in Raqqa can choose to observe a relaxed Ramzan, without...

Syrian monitor says insurgents quit enclave, state media denies it

BEIRUT: A war monitor said buses evacuated Islamic State fighters from an enclave south of Damascus on Sunday in a withdrawal deal, though state...