The United States said it launched an operation Wednesday that could move thousands of Islamic State group jihadists from Syria to Iraq, as Syrian and Kurdish-led forces traded accusations of breaching a fragile ceasefire ... .
The Syrian army said an attack took place as soldiers were securing a captured military base containing explosives, calling it a dangerous escalation ....
But now the country enters a new and unpredictable phase as President Ahmed Al-Sharaa tightens his grip on power.In the north-east of the country the Kurds were the West’s key ally against Islamic State.
The Syrian Army on Thursday accused the PKK terror group of spreading “false and dangerous rumors” among the country’s Kurds in an attempt to intimidate civilians and sow mistrust toward state forces.
The Kurdish-led SyrianDemocratic Forces have fallen from power in Syria as the U.S. shifts its backing to the country's new leaders in Damascus. Analysts say the SDF miscalculated by assuming the U.S. would support them in any conflict with ... .
Syria's government accused the Kurdish-led SyrianDemocratic Forces of attacks it said killed 11 soldiers on Wednesday, but the SDF disputed key elements of the account, blaming at least one deadly blast on explosives being moved by Syrian troops ...