U.S.-backed Syrian forces said on Thursday they were closing in on Islamic State-held Raqqa and expected to reach the city outskirts in a few weeks, as a U.S. Marines artillery unit deployed to help the campaign. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a militia alliance including the Kurdish YPG,...

The United States will host a major meeting of the 68 members of the coalition fighting ISIS on March 22, the State Department said Thursday. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will chair the talks, which come as the allies are fighting the extremists in the Iraqi city of Mosul and closing in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia’s airstrikes in support of regime forces have killed seven people and wounded ten more in Aleppo province, local reporter said Thursday. The aerial attack targeted Darret Azza town in the western countryside of Aleppo. In its turn, regime forces have captured...

Iraqi forces aim to dislodge ISIS militants from west Mosul within a month, despite gruelling urban combat in densely populated terrain, the head of the elite Counter Terrorism Service told Reuters on Thursday. As Iraqi forces advance deeper into west Mosul, they are facing increasingly...