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Abdel Rahman said the victims had fled battles in the province, where Syrian regime forces and a US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance, the Syrian Democratic Forces, are fighting the extremist group in separate offensives. (Photo: AFP)

Islamic State car bombing in Syria: 75 dead, 140 wounded

It was not the first attack attributed to IS against civilians fleeing Deir Ezzor.

5 Nov 2017 12:00 PM GMT

Iraqi Kurds have long dreamed of independence - something the Kurdish people were denied when colonial powers drew the map of the Middle East (Photo: AFP)

Kurdish vote not binding, but it'll simmer

For Iran, any suggestion of eventual independence for any of the Kurdish enclaves is anathema.

28 Sep 2017 8:50 PM GMT

A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces sprints through the debris in the old city centre on the eastern frontline of Raqa. (Photo: AFP)

Home-bound Syrians find Raqa battered beyond recognition

When a pair of airstrikes send consecutive booms echoing across Al-Rumeilah, Hammoud furrows his brows.

26 Sep 2017 9:44 PM GMT

Britains Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has said he does not want Kotey and Elsheikh back in the United Kingdom, and British media have reported that the men have been stripped of their British citizenship. (Photo: AFP)

'Beatles' at bay: Britain, US in fix over ISIS duo held for torturing,...

Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh are suspected of being two of four terrorists, dubbed 'Beatles' because of their...

21 Feb 2018 2:11 AM GMT

A member of the Syrian civil defence retrieves the body of a child from the rubble of a house hit by an airstrike in the rebel-held town of Jisreen, in Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, on Thursday. (Photo: AFP)

US-led coalition strikes on Syria force kill 100

According to the US Central Command, coalition advisers were also present at the site of the attack late on Tuesday.

8 Feb 2018 9:15 PM GMT

Turkeys President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses foreign ambassadors at a Ramadan dinner in Ankara, Turkey. Erdogan has voiced support for Qatar in its dispute with Saudi Arabia and other nations, saying no one will benefit from the policy of isolating the oil-rich nation. (Photo: AP)

Kurds being crushed as US, Russia look the other way

Never mind that the Turkish supremo did his best to thwart the Kurdish-led defence of Kobani against an IS assault.

7 Feb 2018 8:47 PM GMT

A fighter of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stands guard on a rooftop in Raqqa, after retaking the city from Islamic State (IS) group. (Photo: AFP)

50 bodies of jihadists, civilians recovered from Raqqa mass grave in...

The mass grave was located under a football pitch, close to a hospital where IS jihadists had dug in before being chased...

22 April 2018 6:31 AM GMT

If you start legitimising terrorists like this, tomorrow you will end up meeting with Baghdadi as well, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said in televised remarks. (Photo: Twitter)

Turkey warns US meeting with SDF chief would 'legitimise terrorists'

US President Trump said he had talked with Mazlum Abdi, commander of SDF which fought against extremists in Syria.

25 Oct 2019 12:15 PM GMT

The Kurdish withdrawal from Ras al-Ain will be a boost to the ceasefire, which came into effect on Thursday evening, but has been shaky ever since. (Photo: ANI | Representational)

Kurds fully withdraw from besieged Syria border town

SDFspokesmanin a statement cited by Al Jazeera that the Kurdish-led group had no fighters left in Ras al-Ain

21 Oct 2019 5:23 AM GMT

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Photo: ANI)

Kurds accuse Turkey of using banned incendiary weapons

Kurdish administration said Turkey had resorted to their use because of unexpectedly stiff resistance by Kurdish...

17 Oct 2019 11:23 AM GMT

This comes even as the Kurdish administration in northern Syria announced a deal with the Damascus government on a Syrian troop deployment near the border with Turkey to confront Ankaras offensive. (Representational Image)

US leaves 'high-value' ISIS detainees behind in Syria: report

Citing two American officials, newspaper reported that detainees could not be taken out before Pentagon decided to move...

14 Oct 2019 3:46 AM GMT

On Friday, Trump had asked American companies to immediately start looking for an alternative to China, including shifting manufacturing of their products to the US after Beijing imposed additional tariffs on USD 75 billion worth of US goods. (Photo: AP)

On a Twitter spree, Donald Trump puts out 32 posts in 20 minutes

The US President is often seen using the micro-blogging site to make announcements, issue threats and to take a jibe at...

12 Oct 2019 10:09 AM GMT