Monday's deployment, the largest since that date, coincided with expanded U.S. military movements, including armored vehicles and troops, in Deir al-Zour, Raqqa, and the city ... in Syria's ...

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Turkish air strikes in drought-struck north-east Syria have cut off access to electricity and water for more than a million people, in what experts say may be a violation of international law.

in the northern Raqqa province, the force said on Saturday. “As part of the ongoing efforts to enhance security and stability in our areas, our security forces carried out a large-scale security ...

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RAQQA/PARIS — As evening falls, shopkeepers in Raqqa city hurry to close up before curfew. Before long, sirens blare out, signaling that all residents must remain inside from 7 o’clock in the evening ...

Lamenting that the Middle East’s borders were defined after World War I and the demise of the Ottoman Empire, Mr. Erdogan asserted that Aleppo, Damascus, Idlib, and Raqqa could have been “part ...

Abdullah Keddo, a member of the political board of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces, says people aligned with the PKK terrorist organization and non-Syrian members of ...

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said Tuesday they have launched a counteroffensive against the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army to take back areas near Syria's northern border with ...

In response, UNHCR partners in Aleppo, Hassakeh, Ar-Raqqa and rural Tartous have resumed protection activities, including programmes to keep children engaged, livelihood grants, relief distribution, ...