Posts Tagged: ISIS Syria
Islamic State in Syria Executes Hostage From Sweida Attack: Media, Monitor
Islamic State in Syria has executed one of a number of hostages taken from Syria's government-held city of Sweida in an attack last week, local...
Syrian Army Gains Full Control of Yarmouk Basin From Islamic State
The Syrian army and its allies has taken full control of the Yarmouk Basin in southwestern Syria after routing Islamic State (IS) militants, the Hezbollah...
Syrian Druze Bury Dead as Anger Over Islamic State Attacks Grows
Syria's government-held city of Sweida on Thursday buried dozens of its inhabitants who were killed a day before in coordinated assaults by Islamic State militants...
Islamic State Kill Scores in Southwest Syria Attacks
Islamic State militants killed scores of people in a series of attacks on government-held parts of southwestern Syria on Wednesday, including multiple suicide blasts in...
Syrian Army Advances in Southwest Against ISIS Militants
The Syrian army has captured some areas held by Islamic State fighters in a region of the southwest near the border with Israel's Golan Heights,...
Russian-Backed Airstrikes Hit Islamic State in Southern Syria: Sources
Russian and Syrian jets stepped up their bombing of an Islamic State bastion along the Jordan-Israel border in southwestern Syria, as the militants pushed into...
Observatory: Airstrike on ISIS-Held Area Kills Dozens in Syria
An airstrike, probably carried out by US-led international forces or Iraq, struck an Islamic State-held area of eastern Syria, killing 54 people including 28 civilians...
Assad Regime Widens Assault in Southwest Syria, Hits ISIS Pocket
The Syrian government widened its offensive to recover the southwest on Wednesday, extending it to an enclave held by Islamic State-affiliated fighters as Russian warplanes targeted...
Iraq Bombs Meeting of Islamic State Leaders in Syria: Military
Iraq has launched an air attack on a gathering of Islamic State leaders inside neighboring Syria, killing 45 members of the hardline militant group, its...
Iraq Launches Air Strike Against Islamic State in Syria
Iraq launched an air strike on an Islamic State target inside neighboring Syria on Thursday, the military said. F-16 fighter jets destroyed a building where members...
Amnesty: Evidence Shows Coalition Attacks on Syria’s Raqqa Broke Law
There is evidence that attacks by the US-led coalition against Islamic State in the Syrian city of Raqqa last year broke international law by endangering...
Syrian State Media Says US Hit Army Posts, US Denies
Syrian state media reported that the US-led coalition fighting Islamic State struck Syrian army positions in eastern Syria early on Thursday, but the US military denied...
Syria’s Army Captures Last Insurgent Area Near Damascus
The Syrian army has restored control over all areas surrounding the capital Damascus for the first time since early in the seven-year-old war, after pushing...
Syrian Army, Islamic State Wage Fierce Battle in South Damascus
The Syrian army and its allies engaged in a fierce battle on Saturday with Islamic State fighters in an enclave south of Damascus held by...
