A final assault on Daesh’s last line of defence in its former Syrian capital Raqqa should begin on Sunday night, a field commander for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), backed by a US-led coalition, said on Sunday. The assault on militants in the centre of Raqqa would focus on the...

Turkish forces exchanged fire Sunday with extremists from Al-Qaeda's former Syrian affiliate on the border of Idlib province, a monitor and eyewitnesses said, a day after Ankara announced an imminent operation there. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Saturday that...

Syria's army and its allies have encircled Daesh (ISIS) in the city of Mayadin, southeast of Deir al-Zor, in eastern Syria, a Syrian military source said on Sunday. Mayadin is one of the last strongholds of Daesh as it falls back upon the fertile area downstream of Deir al-Zor in the...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel lobbied party members Saturday to stand behind efforts to build a new coalition with the Free Democratic Party and Greens, saying it's the best suited to govern the country. Speaking in Dresden to her party's youth wing, Merkel said she will hold talks...