Rival groups are reporting intense battles in eastern Syria between Daesh (ISIS) and U.S.-backed fighters. The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces says the fighting Thursday is over the village of Souseh where a sandstorm has caused bad visibility. The Britain-based Syrian...

The United States will refuse any additional reconstruction assistance to war-torn Syria so long as Iranian troops are present in the country, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday. Speaking to a pro-Israel group, Pompeo vowed to press forward with President Donald Trump's push to...

Daesh (ISIS) launched a deadly counter-offensive Wednesday to repel US-backed forces advancing on a final militant-held pocket of eastern Syria, a monitor said. The Daesh militants managed to take hostage several dozen fighters from the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, according to the...

A planned buffer zone in northwest Syria has been cleared of heavy armaments ahead of time but a new deadline loomed Wednesday for the tougher task of Turkey convincing jihadists to pull out their fighters. The demilitarised zone ringing the Idlib region is the result of a deal reached...