Government forces on Sunday seized Tabqa, a strategic town in eastern Syria, advancing into territory held by the Kurdish-led SDF. The move comes after months of tension. According to Syrian state media, Kurdish fighters blew up a bridge to slow the advance.Damascus accused the SDF of executing prisoners before withdrawing, a charge the SDF denied,…
Syrian government forces evacuated took control of Sheikh Maqsoud, the last district in Aleppo outside state control, on Sunday. It came as US and allied forces carried out large-scale strikes against Islamic State targets across Syria on Saturday,Government forces evacuated more than 400 Kurdish fighters from Sheikh Maqsoud, and detained around 300 Kurds, AFP reported…
Khaled al-Masoud, who was killed at his home during a raid in the town of al-Dumayr in the Damascus countryside. (Courtesy of the al-Masoud family via AP) A joint raid by the US forces and a local Syrian group targeting an Islamic State (IS) militant instead resulted in the killing of a man who had…