Opposition activists say Syrian government troops battling Daesh (ISIS) have crossed to the eastern bank of the Euphrates River in Deir al-Zor for the first time since they broke a siege on parts of the eastern city earlier this month. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human...

Washington and Moscow have held high-level talks aimed at shoring up military "deconfliction" zones in eastern Syria after Russia was accused of targeting US-backed forces battling the Islamic State group in an air strike, a top US general said Sunday. The Syrian Democratic Forces...

(Newsweek)- Russia’s Defence Ministry on Sunday rejected allegations it had bombed U.S.-backed militias in Syria, saying its planes only targeted Islamic State (ISIS) militants and that it had warned the United States well in advance of its operational plans.  U.S.-backed...

Russia’s Defence Ministry on Sunday rejected allegations it had bombed U.S.-backed militias in Syria, saying its planes only targeted Islamic State militants and that it had warned the United States well in advance of its operational plans. U.S.-backed militias said they came under...