A fierce battle raged in Syria for a fourth day Sunday between US-backed Kurdish forces and Islamic State group fighters who have attacked a prison, killing at least 120 people including seven …
Heavy fighting continues for 3rd day to stop ISIS prison break attempt in Syria
Heavy fighting continued on Saturday for a third day in a battle to stop ISIS’ biggest operation in Syria since its defeat in 2019: a prison break attempt in the city of Al-Hasakah. More than 100 ISIS …
Syria condemns U.S. airstrikes in Hasakah
The Syrian Foreign Ministry on Saturday accused the U.S. forces and its allied Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) of committing acts that left civilians killed in Syria’s northeastern province …
Syria condemns U.S. airstrikes in Hasakah
The Syrian Foreign Ministry on Saturday accused the U.S. forces and its allied Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) of committing acts that left civilians killed in Syria’s northeastern province …
ISIS Fighters Attack Syria Prison to Free Fellow Jihadists
The attack on a prison in northeastern Syria and a separate attack in Iraq were reminders of the Islamic State’s persistent threat and the unfinished business of the war against it.
US Special Operations dropped a 2,000 pound bomb on Syria’s largest dam in 2017 despite the fact it was on a ‘no-strike’ list: NYT
The US was blamed by ISIS, Russia, and the Syrian government for the strike, which then-Lt. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend said was “crazy reporting.” …
US Special Operations dropped a 2,000 pound bomb on Syria’s largest dam in 2017 despite the fact it was on a ‘no-strike’ list: NYT
The US was blamed by ISIS, Russia, and the Syrian government for the strike, which then-Lt. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend said was “crazy reporting.” …
A Dam in Syria Was on a ‘No-Strike’ List. The U.S. Bombed It Anyway.
Near the height of the war against the Islamic State group in Syria, a sudden riot of explosions rocked the country’s largest dam, a towering, 18-story structure on the Euphrates River that held back …
Islamic State says its militants are attacking a prison in Syria’s Hasaka
Islamic State militants are waging a wide-scale attack on a prison in Syria’s al-Hasaka city in an attempt to free prisoners belonging to the group, the group’s Amaq News Agency said on Friday, …
IS gunmen mount deadly attacks in Syria, Iraq; dozens killed
The Islamic State group unleashed its biggest attack in Syria since the fall of its “caliphate” three years ago. More than 100 militants …