The U.S.-led coalition fighting ISIS in Syria and Iraq targeted the militants with 23 airstrikes Wednesday, the U.S. military said in a statement. Twenty fresh strikes in Iraq targeted the militant group in eight cities, including Sinjar, Ramadi and Mosul, the statement released Thursday...
The U.S. military said on Wednesday it was moving toward providing additional weaponry to Syrian opposition forces battling Islamic State after territorial gains in the past week by the U.S.-backed fighters. Colonel Steve Warren, a Baghdad-based spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition...
Warplanes believed to be Russian carried out several air strikes on Wednesday on areas of northwestern Syria that were included in a local ceasefire agreed by warring sides in September, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The strikes hit the outskirts of the towns of Maarat...