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Daesh in Syria confined to four square kilometers: commander

The once-sprawling "caliphate" of Daesh (ISIS) has been reduced to a four-square-kilometer pocket of territory in eastern Syria, a senior Kurdish commander said Monday. With support from a U.S.-led military coalition, the Syrian Democratic Forces are in the final stages of an assault...

Netanyahu warns Hezbollah chief of Israel's "lethal" power

Israel's prime minister warned the head of Lebanon's Hezbollah of his army's "lethal" power on Sunday, in reaction to Hassan Nasrallah cautioning the Jewish state against further strikes in Syria. "The lethal striking force of the IDF (Israeli army) stands facing Hezbollah," Israel's...

Near IS holdout, Syrian fighters face women suicide bombers

Driving towards the frontline of what remains of the Islamic State group's self-declared "caliphate" in eastern Syria, US-backed fighters pass huge craters from air strikes and buildings reduced to rubble. Backed by air strikes of the US-led coalition, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic...

Coalition strikes kill 42 in Daesh Syria holdout: Observatory

Coalition missile strikes have killed 42 people including 13 civilians in what remains of the the last holdout of Daesh (ISIS) in eastern Syria, an activist group said. The Syrian Democratic Forces, backed by a U.S.-led coalition, are battling to expel the last militants from hamlets in...