US-backed fighters fought pitched battles Sunday with Islamic State group jihadists inside their Syria bastion Raqa, an AFP correspondent said. The Syrian Democratic Forces, the Arab-Kurd alliance, first entered Raqa two months ago and have since captured more than half of the northern city,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces backed by allied militias took 12 villages from the Islamic State east of Raqqa in a week of clashes, local activists said.    The regime army is racing with the US-led forces to capture territory from ISIS since both side have reached the...

A commando operation backed by Russian warplanes and helicopters has killed 25 members of Daesh (ISIS) in central Syria, a monitor said Sunday. Supported by regime ally Russia, Syria's army has waged a months-long offensive to recapture the vast desert region that stretches from the...

Three Kashmiri rebels and two Indian soldiers have been killed in a fierce gunbattle in the disputed Himalayan region, police said Sunday. The fighting erupted Saturday after Indian troops raided southern Awneera village on a tip that at least seven rebels fighting New Delhi's rule over...