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U.S. strikes Syria militia threatening U.S.-backed forces: officials

19/05/2017 09:47

The U.S. military carried out an air strike on Thursday against militia supported by the Syrian government that posed a threat to U.S. and U.S.-backed Syrian fighters in the country's south, U.S. officials told Reuters on Thursday.

U.S.-backed forces capture Islamic State-held airport near Euphrates dam

27/03/2017 08:42

A U.S.-backed Syrian alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias on Sunday took a military airport in northern Syria held by Islamic State, close to the country's largest dam that may be in danger of collapse.

Over 40,000 displaced from Mosul in a week as Iraqi forces near old city

06/03/2017 08:48

More than 40,000 people have been displaced in the last week from the Iraqi city of Mosul, where U.S.-backed forces launched a fresh push towards the Islamic State-held old city center on Sunday and closed in on the main government complex.