Syrian rebels, who this week seized a strategic town from Islamic State, aim to move westward in the next phase of their Turkey-backed operation, an advance that could take weeks or months to complete, a rebel commander said. Colonel Ahmad Osman, head of the Sultan Murad group, also told...

 Turkish troops fired on U.S.-backed Kurdish militia fighters in northern Syria on Thursday, highlighting the complications of an incursion meant to secure the border region against both Islamic State and Kurdish advances. Syrian rebels backed by Turkish special forces, tanks and...

The Kurdish-backed Syrian Democratic Forces have withdrawn across the Euphrates river to prepare for "the eventual liberation" of Raqqa, a city held by ISIS, a spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition against the militant group said on Thursday. SDF officials could not immediately be reached for...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- After more than a week of clashes between YPG, the armed wing of Kurdish Democratic union Party (PYD) and Syrian regime, the Kurdish forces almost completely controlled Hasaka city on Tuesday after the ceasefire truce that strengthened the Kurds' grip on the city. The battle...