The weeklong clashes between rival U.S.-backed militias in eastern Syria, where hundreds of American troops are deployed, point to dangerous seams in the coalition that has kept a lid on the defeated Islamic State group for years. That could be an opportunity for the radical group to reemerge....

Dozens of people are said to have been killed during days of clashes between a US-backed, Kurdish-led militia and Arab tribal fighters in Syria. The fighting erupted after the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) arrested the head of a tribal militia backed by Arab clans with which it worked in...

Clashes continued on Monday between Arab tribes and the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the eastern Syria province of Deir Ezzor.  Operations launched by Arab tribes against the YPG-led Kurdish fighters in Deir Ezzor that started last week expanded with the participation of...

Palestinian activists in the city of Azaz, in northern Syria, have launched a campaign to uncover the fate of Palestinian detainees in Syrian prisons and to demand their release. The campaign’s media coordinator, Maher Shawish, said the campaign will continue until it achieves its goals....