Syria
Syrian Kurdish forces tighten siege after Islamic State prison break
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) troops aided by U.S. troops tightened their siege of a prison housing Islamic State suspects after inmates took over…
Islamic State prison break repelled by Kurdish-led forces in Syria
HASAKA, Syria (Reuters) -Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces repelled an Islamic State attack on a prison to break out inmates with the support of air strikes by a U.S.-led coalition, officials…
Islamic State militants attack prison in Syria’s al-Hasaka, U.S.-backed SDF says
AMMAN (Reuters) - Islamic State militants attacked a prison in Syria's al-Hasaka in an attempt to free prisoners belonging to the group who had mutinied, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces…
Israeli tanks fire warning shots along Syrian frontier, Israeli military says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli tanks fired warning shots along the frontier with Syria in the Golan Heights after several suspicious figures were spotted near an Israeli force operating in the…
U.S.-led coalition carries out strikes against “imminent threat” in Syria- official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S.-led coalition on Tuesday carried out strikes against rocket sites in Syria that posed a threat, a coalition official said. The official, speaking on condition of…
Five Syrian soldiers killed, 20 injured by Islamic State -state media
DUBAI (Reuters) -Five Syrian soldiers were killed and 20 injured in a rocket attack by Islamic State militants on a military transport bus on Sunday in the east of the…
Russian jets bomb rebel-held Idlib in Syria, witnesses say
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Russian jets bombed areas near the northwestern Syrian city of Idlib on Sunday, witnesses and rebel sources said, marking a new year flare-up for…
Israeli missile strike kills soldier in Syria, Syrian state media says
CAIRO (Reuters) -An Israeli air strike killed a soldier in southern Syria on Thursday, Syrian state media reported, in an attack in a frontier area where Israel has expressed concern…
Syria state media say U.S. forces ‘kidnapped civilians’ near Deir al-Zor
DUBAI (Reuters) - U.S. forces carried out a "large airborne operation" near Deir al-Zor in eastern Syria on Monday at dawn, Syrian state news agency SANA said. The American forces…
Syria says Israeli attacks Latakia port with air strike
CAIRO (Reuters) - Israel carried out an air strike on the Syrian port of Latakia on Tuesday, causing a fire in a container storage area, Syrian state media reported, in…
Explosions heard near Syria-Iraq border, rebels deny blasts inside U.S. base
DUBAI/AMMAN (Reuters) -Syrian state television reported on Sunday that multiple explosions had been heard inside a U.S. base in the Al-Tanf region near the Iraqi border. The report was denied,…
Syrian foreign minister arrives in Tehran for two-day visit – ISNA
DUBAI (Reuters) - Syria's Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad is due in Tehran on Sunday for a two-day visit, Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency said. Mekdad's stay in Tehran coincides with…
