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The air strikes targeted the village of Hajin, the last major stronghold of Islamic State in Syria, and resulted in fires, but there was no information about casualties, the Russian military said. (Photo: AFP)

Nearly 5,000 flee last IS enclave in eastern Syria

Nearly 5,000 people, including almost 500 IS fighters, have left Syria

23 Jan 2019 6:29 AM GMT

People flee as heavy smoke rises above the ISIS groups last remaining position in Syria. (Photo: AFP)

ISIS terrorists emerge from tunnels to surrender to US forces after...

Top foreign affairs official for Syria's semi-autonomous Kurdish region warned ISIS members captured during assault...

25 March 2019 6:22 AM GMT

Multiple ground assaults and a deluge of air strikes shrank the Islamic State groups caliphate to a rump and decimated its fighters in 2016 but the organisation remains a potential threat.

42 civilians killed in US-led air strikes in Syrian city of Raqa:...

Nineteen children and 12 women were among those killed in the raids, which hit several neighbourhoods in the northern...

22 Aug 2017 10:15 AM GMT

Islamic state fighters. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)

Jihad to proliferate despite blow to ISIS

The battle to recapture Mosul, Iraq's second city and ISIS' capital, began in October last year.

4 July 2017 8:58 PM GMT

Turkey-backed opposition fighters advance in an armoured personnel carrier outside the northern Syrian town of al-Bab during a drive to retake control from the Islamic State group on February 9, 2017 (Photo: AFP)

Syria crisis: 66,000 displaced in recent fighting

Many of those people sought refuge in areas around Manbij, a town controlled by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces.

5 March 2017 8:16 AM GMT

A ball of fire rises following an air strike hits insurgents positions in eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo, Syria. (Photo: AP)

18 partner forces killed in misfired coalition strike in Syria

The strike occurred south of Tabqa on April 11.

13 April 2017 3:33 PM GMT

Staffan de Mistura, who is mediating peace negotiations in Geneva, says that a military victory alone in Syrias six-year civil war was not enough for President Bashar al-Assad and that new polls were needed for him to win the peace. (Photo: File)

Convince Syrian ally to hold elections: UN to Russia

Russia intervened in Syria's devastating conflict in 2015, providing aerial and ground support for government forces.

14 Dec 2017 7:57 AM GMT