U.S.-backed militias have completely taken Syria's Raqqa from Daesh (ISIS), the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Tuesday. The fall of Raqqa city, where Daesh staged euphoric parades after its string of lightning victories in 2014, is a potent symbol of the extremist movement's...

 A U.S.-backed Kurdish-led force battling the Islamic State group in Syria will be in control of Raqqa "within a few days" after attacking the last militant-held pocket of the city, a spokesman for the force said Monday. Mustafa Bali of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, or...

BISHKEK (Reuters) - A protege of outgoing pro-Russian leader Almazbek Atambayev looked set for a surprise outright victory in Kyrgyzstan’s presidential election on Sunday, despite polls having predicted a close runoff between him and an opposition leader. According to preliminary data...

U.S.-backed militias said they had launched their final assault on Syria’s Raqqa on Sunday after a convoy of Islamic State fighters left the city, leaving only a hardcore of jihadists to mount a last stand. “The battle will continue until the whole city is clean,” said a statement...