Posts Tagged: Syrian Democratic Forces
US-Backed Syria Group Says 14 of Its Fighters Killed in Clashes With Islamic State
Fourteen fighters from the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces were killed east of the Euphrates river in Syria in a battle with Islamic state militants, an...
Turkey Experts Worry Erdogan Might Use Al Qaeda Against Kurds
Although Turkey and Russia agreed last month to "withdraw" all jihadist groups from Syria's Idlib Province, a former Turkish National Police official warns that Turkey may use...
Syrian Kurdish-Led Council Visits Damascus for New Talks
The political wing of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) went to Damascus last week for a second round of talks with the government, its...
Syrian Kurdish-Backed Council Holds Talks in Damascus
A senior Syrian Kurdish official is in Damascus this week for talks with Syrian government officials at the head of a delegation including members of...
Kurdish-Backed Body Aims to Widen Authority in Syrian Northeast
The political arm of the Syrian Democratic Forces militia said on Monday it would work to set up a unified administration for areas it controls,...
US Plans to Release American Captured in Syria in September
The US government said on Wednesday it would release in Syria an American citizen detained on suspicion of being an Islamic State member, a move the...
Foreign Minister: Syrian Government Seeks to Recapture Southwest
The Syrian government wants to recapture insurgent territory in the southwest through a settlement in which fighters accept state rule or leave, the foreign minister said...
Pentagon: Man Linked to 9/11 Attacks on US Captured in Syria
A man linked to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, who was said to have praised "violent jihad," was captured in Syria...
Syrian SDF Says Not Informed of Any US Withdrawal Plan
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Friday it had not been informed of any plan to withdraw US forces operating in Syria as...
US-Backed Syria Force Denies Islamic State in Area Targeted by Turkey
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) rejected a Turkish army statement that Islamic State was present in the Afrin region of northwestern Syria, where Ankara...
Iran Says Planned US-Backed Force Inside Syria Would Fan War
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday a new US-backed, 30,000-strong force inside Syria constituted a breach of international law and Syrian sovereignty, joining Syria,...
US-Backed Militias Oust ISIS From Raqqa Stronghold
US-backed militias in Syria declared victory over Islamic State in its capital Raqqa on Tuesday, raising flags over the last jihadist footholds after a four-month...
US-Backed Syrian Forces Breach ISIS Stronghold of Raqqa
Syrian Democratic Forces breached the Old City of Raqqa after overcoming heavy push back from Islamic State militants Monday, U.S.-led coalition officials said. The U.S.-backed fighters...
US-Backed Forces Close to Sealing Off Syrian City Raqqa in Effort to Trap ISIS Militants
Forces backed by the United States have nearly sealed off the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, trying to trap as many as 2,500 hard-core Islamic...
