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...

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) conducted clearing operations on Wednesday after taking most of the last Islamic State pocket in east Syria, an official with the U.S.-backed militia said. Fighters searched the pocket at Baghouz near the Iraqi border for hidden jihadists, tunnels and...

Warplanes flew near Baghouz in eastern Syria early on Wednesday, a Reuters witness said, as the final remnants of the Islamic State group held a narrow strip of land along the Euphrates in a last-ditch defense of its dwindling territory. Defeat there would signal the end of the...

U.S.-backed Syrian forces Tuesday seized control of an encampment held by the Daesh (ISIS) in eastern Syria, after hundreds of militants surrendered overnight, a spokesperson said, signaling the group’s collapse after months of stiff resistance. A group of suspects involved in a January...