Rebel groups broke through an ISIS siege around an opposition-held town in northwestern Syria Wednesday, reopening their main road to the Turkish border, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The rebel groups besieged in the town of Marea had launched a counter attack against ISIS...

Syrian government troops backed by Russian air power moved to within 25 km (15 miles) of an Islamic State-held town in Raqqa province on Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, as state media reported air strikes against the jihadists in the area. In a separate simultaneous...

U.S.-backed Syrian fighters have surrounded the Islamic State-held city of Manbij from three sides as they press an offensive against the jihadists near the Turkish border, a spokesman for the fighters said on Monday. The Syria Democratic Forces (SDF), including the powerful...

Islamic State fighters have been fleeing the Syrian city of Manbij with their families as U.S.-backed groups advance to within 6 km (4 miles) in an attack that has killed more than 150 jihadists, a spokesman for the U.S.-backed forces said. Sharfan Darwish, spokesman for the Manbij Military...