US-backed forces pressed an offensive against the Islamic State group in its last redoubt in Syria on Thursday, denying reports the jihadist enclave had fallen. "Mopping up operations continue in Baghouz camp," the command of the Syrian Democratic Forces said in a brief statement. The...

The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) denied a report on Thursday that all of Daesh's (ISIS) final enclave has been captured after a Kurdish media outlet said the militant group had been finally defeated there. "Combing continues in the Baghouz camp and there is no truth (to the...

 France, one of the main contributors to the fight against Islamic State in the Middle East, has received no answers to questions about U.S. calls for it and others to help secure northeastern Syria, its foreign minister said on Wednesday. Defence Minister Florence Parly was in...

The operation to take Islamic State’s last enclave in eastern Syria looked close to an end on Wednesday, with no sign of clashes as U.S.-backed fighters said they were combing the area for hidden jihadists. Reuters reporters overlooking Baghouz from a hill on the bank of the Euphrates at...