Hundreds of Kurdish fighters have arrived in eastern Syria to help a U.S.-backed alliance fight Daesh (ISIS) after a major setback last week, an activist group said Tuesday. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a Kurdish-Arab alliance backed by the U.S.-led coalition, launched an...

Israel has carried out attacks in Syria since the accidental shooting down of a Russian surveillance plane last month, a senior Israeli official said Monday. The Sept. 17 downing by Syrian anti-aircraft fire, after Israeli jets attacked a suspected Iranian arms shipment to Syria, caused...

 Syrian Kurdish special forces have joined an offensive against Daesh (ISIS) militants in eastern Syria, a commander said, after the militants recovered ground from U.S.-backed forces in a fierce counter attack. Daesh launched the assault against the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic...

Daesh (ISIS) has ousted a U.S.-backed coalition of Kurdish and Arab forces from its holdout in eastern Syria, killing dozens of fighters, an activist group said Sunday. A Syrian Democratic Forces commander, asking not to be named, confirmed the SDF retreat from the Hajin pocket near the...