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US-backed SDF announces start of Raqqah operation

Jun 06, 2017 11:01

The so-called Syrian Democratic Forces, a US-backed alliance of mostly Kurdish and Arab militants, says it has launched an operation aimed at pushing Daesh out of Raqqah, the Takfiri terror group’s main stronghold in northern Syria.
Iraqi volunteer forces seize 5 villages on western Mosul outskirts

Jun 04, 2017 13:45

Iraqi pro-government fighters from Popular Mobilization Units have managed to reclaim complete control over five villages in the troubled northern province of Nineveh as they battle to drive Takfiri Daesh terrorist out of their last urban bastion in the country.
Damascus urges UN to stop US-led coalition from killing Syrian civilians

Jun 04, 2017 13:45

Syria has strongly denounced repeated deadly airstrikes carried out by the so-called US-led military coalition in the Arab country, calling on the United Nations and the Security Council to stop Washington and its allies form killing Syrian civilians and increasingly damaging the country's infrastructure.
Terror attacks can’t disrupt UK vote: May

Jun 04, 2017 13:45

British Prime Minister Theresa May has ruled out a possible delay in the June 8 general election following Saturday's terror attack in London.
Syrian army troops liberate Aleppo town from Daesh clutches

Jun 04, 2017 10:06

Syrian army soldiers have managed to liberate a key town in the northern province of Aleppo from Daesh Takfiri terrorists as they continue to score more territorial gains in battles against extremists across the war-ravaged Arab country.
Iraqi forces liberate west Mosul district

Jun 03, 2017 05:03

Iraqi forces have managed to wrest control over a neighborhood in the west of the city of Mosul where Daesh is taking its last breaths in the face of multi-pronged operations by government troops.
US airstrikes kill 43 people in Syria’s Raqqah

Jun 03, 2017 03:57

At least 43 people have lost their lives in fresh US airstrikes in the northern Syrian province of Raqqah.
About 484 civilians killed in US-led strikes in Iraq and Syria: Pentagon

Jun 03, 2017 00:42

The Pentagon says that US-led military campaign against purported Daesh targets in Syria and Iraq has left 484 civilians dead since mid-2014.
German police shut down, evacuate music concert over 'terror threat'

Jun 03, 2017 00:33

German authorities have temporarily stopped an open-air weekend concert and cleared thousands of people from the music festival in western Germany over a "possible terrorist threat".
Idlib chemical attack provocation against Syrian government: Putin

Jun 03, 2017 00:31

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow is fully convinced that a deadly chemical attack in Syria's Idlib province was a "provocation" against President Bashar al-Assad's government.