Syrian Kurdish fighters have chased Islamic State militants from a key base north of the jihadists' stronghold city of Raqa, according to a monitoring group. The Kurdish People's Protection Units -- with US-led air support -- took complete control of the Liwa (Brigade) 93 base on Monday, the...

More than 2,000 Syrian refugees who had fled into Turkey crossed back on Monday, security sources and witnesses told Reuters, as a gate reopened a few days after Islamic State militants were ousted from the frontier town of Tel Abyad by Syrian Kurds. Amid tight security on the...

Kurdish-led forces advanced on Monday deep into territory in Syria held by Islamic State, showing new momentum after they unexpectedly swiftly seized a border crossing from the jihadists last week. The Kurds, aided by U.S.-led air strikes and smaller Syrian rebel groups, have pushed to within 7...

A key rebel alliance in Syrian south said in statement issued Saturday the newly-formed Fatah Army in the South is not a national rebel group because it seeks to implement a suspicious agenda on Syrian people which wants to eliminate their free will. The moderate rebel group in Daraa province,...