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Turkish-backed Syrian opposition fighters are seen in the village of Jamanli, northeast of the Syrian city of Afrin, on March 3, 2018, as smoke billows in the background from a reported Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) location. (AFP PHOTO / Nazeer al-Khatib)
March 3, 2018, 7:07 pm
Turkish airstrikes said to kill 36 pro-regime fighters in Syria’s Afrin
Human rights watchdog says over 140 civilians killed in month of deadly raids targeting Assad-loyalists in Kurdish enclave
By AFP
In this file picture taken on Friday, July 21, 2017, Kurdish soldiers from the Anti-Terrorism Units, carry a blindfolded an Indonesian man suspected of Islamic State membership, at a security center, in Kobani, Syria. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
February 12, 2018, 9:05 am
US pushes for home countries to take back Islamic State detainees in Syria
Western nations weighing options for foreign fighters who joined terrorist group and are now being held by Syrian Democratic Forces
By Lolita C. Baldor
This photo released on Monday, Sept 4, 2017 by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows Syrian troops and pro-government gunmen standing on pickup trucks with heavy machine-guns mounted on them, in the eastern city of Deir el-Zour, Syria. (SANA via AP)
February 8, 2018, 9:41 pm
Syria says rare US strike an effort ‘to support terrorism’
Coalition official says Russian military was informed of threat, agreed to not engage Western-backed force
By Sarah El Deeb
A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) sprints through the debris in the old city center on the eastern frontline of Raqqa on September 25, 2017. (AFP PHOTO/BULENT KILIC)
September 26, 2017, 1:12 pm
Returning home, Syrians find Raqqa battered beyond recognition
‘I don’t even know where we are,’ says former resident after offensive against Islamic State leaves homes smashed, streets littered with rubble
By Maya Gebeily
Illustrative: A Syrian military helicopter flys over the outskirts of the eastern city of Deir Ezzor, September 10, 2017. (AFP/George Ourfalian)
September 11, 2017, 10:38 am
Russian strikes kill 34 civilians on Syrian river ferry boats, monitor says
Warplanes said to target dozens of vessels carrying passengers across the Syrian section of the Euphrates River
By AFP
A member of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), made up of an alliance of Arab and Kurdish fighters, looks on in the town of Tabqa, about 55 kilometres (35 miles) west of Raqa city, on April 30, 2017 (AFP PHOTO / DELIL SOULEIMAN)
June 3, 2017, 2:35 pm
US-backed Syrian fighters advancing toward IS-held Raqqa
Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces say they are in control of 90 percent of the town of Mansoura
By AP
Illustrative: This undated image posted online Monday, May 1, 2017, by supporters of the Islamic State militant group on an anonymous photo sharing website, purports to show an Islamic State fighter firing his weapon during clashes with US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, in the northern Syrian province of Raqqa. (Militant Photo via AP)
May 10, 2017, 3:50 pm
Syrian Kurdish official praises US decision to provide arms
Washington eager to expel Islamic State from Raqqa, sees Kurdish forces as best placed force for the task
By AP
Syrian protesters take part in a demonstration outside the United Nations office in the capital Damascus, on April 11, 2017, in support of the country's strongman Bashar Assad, depicted in the portrait. (AFP Photo/Louai Beshara)
April 18, 2017, 2:17 am
After US strikes, Trump’s Syria plan starts coming into view
As with Obama’s policy, the US looks to focus on the fight against IS, then seek stability ahead of a peaceful transition that removes Assad from power
By Josh Lederman and Matthew Lee
Iraqi forces clash with Islamic State (IS) group fighters in Mosul on March 5, 2017, during an offensive to retake the western parts of the city from the jihadists. (Aris Messinis/AFP)
March 6, 2017, 4:37 pm
IS imposes ‘Afghan dress’ in Syria’s Raqqa – monitor
Move is attempt to make it more difficult to distinguish between civilians and Islamic State members
By AFP
Military trucks with the Turkish national flag transport tanks as they drive on a highway out of Istanbul on August 22, 2016. (AFP/OZAN KOSE)
August 22, 2016, 6:30 pm
Turkey: Syria border must be ‘cleansed’ of Islamic State
Rival Syrian rebel groups vying to capture town of Jarablus, a key transit point between the 2 countries
By AFP
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