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21 Jan 2022

Islamic State militants launch deadly attack in Syria, Iraq, dozens killed

11 Iraqi soldiers were killed by IS militants. Kurdish-led forces in Syria killed 23 Islamic State militants.

04 May 2020

Islamic State prisoners agree to end riot in Syria jail

The riot began Saturday at a prison in the city of Hassakeh, one of the largest facilities where IS members are held, and control was reestablished Sunday evening, said Kino Gabriel, a spokesman for the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces.

11 Oct 2019

Over 50 killed as Turkey-Syria offensive continues

Of the 11 victims, five people, including a Syrian baby, were reportedly killed in Kurdish shelling of Turkish border towns.

Syrian Democratic Forces

19 Mar 2019

US-backed force says it has taken positions in Islamic State Syria camp

US-backed fighters said they had taken positions in Islamic State`s last enclave in eastern Syria and air strikes pounded the tiny patch of land beside the Euphrates River early on Monday, a Reuters journalist said.

04 Mar 2019

Syria fighters say IS still holds civilians, slowing attack

Islamic State faces defeat in the last shred of its main territory in Syria and Iraq where it announced a "caliphate" in 2014, suffering years of steady retreats after arousing global fury through grotesque displays of cruelty.

Syrian Democratic Forces

21 Feb 2019

US-backed SDF hand Iraqi, foreign Islamic State fighters to Iraq

The SDF and the US-backed coalition could not immediately be reached for comment.

Syrian Democratic Forces

18 Feb 2019

US cannot back Syrian forces who align with Assad: US commander

With US-backing, the SDF has routed Islamic State and is on the verge of recapturing the final bits of its once sprawling territory.

Islamic State group

17 Nov 2017

IS attack kills 26 displaced people in Syria: Monitor

A car bombing blamed on the Islamic State group killed at least 26 displaced people in eastern Syria on Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said.

17 Oct 2017

Islamic State defeated in their Syrian capital Raqqa

U.S.-backed militias raised a flag inside Raqqa stadium on Tuesday, a Reuters witness said, as a four-month battle to take Islamic State`s Syrian capital came to an end.

17 Oct 2017

Syria's SDF: US-backed alliance who captured IS-held Raqa

On October 17, SDF spokesman Talal Sello told AFP the US-backed fighters finally had "taken full control of Raqa" from IS.

Anti-ISIS force

08 Oct 2017

Anti-ISIS force nearing 'final' week of Raqa fight: Commander

US-backed fighters battling to oust the Islamic State group from Syria's Raqa were nearing the "final week" of their assault, the campaign's commander said today.

25 Sep 2017

US sends mass military gears to SDF in Raqqa

The large quantities of weapons aim to help the SDF in their fight to completely clear Raqqa from IS, said the group.

03 Jul 2017

US-backed force enters Syria's Raqa from south: Monitor

US-backed fighters pierced jihadist-held Raqa from the south for the first time, crossing the Euphrates River to enter a new part of the Syrian city, a monitor said.

01 Jul 2017

US-backed forces in new attack on IS in Syria's Raqa: Monitor

The United Nations estimates some 100,000 civilians remain in Raqa, with the jihadists accused of using them as human shields.

US-backed forces

30 Jun 2017

US-backed forces cut off last IS escape route from Raqa

But IS fighters hit back with a counterattack that included several suicide bombings against the Syrian Democratic Forces, an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters trying to seize control of the city.

26 Jun 2017

US-backed Syrian groups take Raqqa district from Islamic State

A U.S.-backed Syrian coalition of Kurdish and Arab groups advanced against Islamic State in the jihadists` Syrian capital of Raqqa on Sunday, taking the al-Qadisia district, they said.

21 Jun 2017

US-backed Syrian forces close in on Raqqa from south

Islamic State is also facing defeat in its Iraqi stronghold of Mosul and is being forced into retreat across much of Syria, where Deir al-Zor in eastern Syria is its last major foothold.

19 Jun 2017

US shoots down Syria warplane that 'hit allies'

An American fighter jet has for the first time downed a Syrian warplane that Washington accused of attacking US-backed fighters, in a new escalation between the United States and regime forces.

17 Jun 2017

Iraqi forces remove Islamic State fighters from vicinity of US base in Syria

In Mosul, where a US-backed offensive against Islamic State on Saturday entered its ninth month, the militants have been squeezed into an enclave on the western bank of the Tigris river.

17 Jun 2017

Iraqi forces remove Islamic State fighters from vicinity of US base in Syria

In Mosul, where a US-backed offensive against Islamic State on Saturday entered its ninth month, the militants have been squeezed into an enclave on the western bank of the Tigris river.

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