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US military conducts strikes on Islamic State members in Syria
The new round of strikes follows the deadly December ambush that killed two U.S. soldiers and one American civilian interpreter.
ISIS bus convoy still surrounded in the Syrian desert
Coalition warplanes have slowly picked off ISIS fighters and vehicles attempting to approach the convoy.
By Shawn Snow
Syrian troops breach 3-year IS siege on eastern city
Syrian troops and allied forces reached the eastern city of Deir el-Zour on Tuesday, breaching a three-year-old Islamic State siege on parts of the contested city near the Iraqi border, Syrian state TV and a war monitoring group said.
US-backed forces advance in Syria's Raqqa
The U.S.-led coalition says allied Syrian fighters have successfully cleared a centuries-old mosque in Raqqa after seizing the Syrian city’s ancient quarters from the Islamic State group.
Syrian troops close to breaking IS siege in eastern city
Syrian government forces and their allies are on the verge of breaking a nearly three-year siege imposed by the Islamic State group on parts of the eastern city of Deir el-Zour, opposition activists and state media said Monday.
Activists: ISIS convoy treks ahead despite US strikes threat
Dozens of Islamic State group members and their families have crossed into areas controlled by the extremists despite U.S. threats to bomb the convoy days after they left the Lebanon-Syria border, Syrian opposition activists said Saturday.
US talks to Russia daily as ISIS battle begins shift to Euphrates River valley
The U.S. is talking multiple times a day with Russia to deconflict ground and air operations in Syria.
By Shawn Snow
Gen.Townsend: Baghdadi is probably still alive
ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is probably still alive, Gen. Stephen Townsend said.
By Shawn Snow
Bus convoy carrying ISIS fighters to eastern Syria halted after coalition strike
The retreat developed as coalition warplanes cratered a road to halt the advance of the convoy.
By Shawn Snow
US airstrike blocks ISIS fighters evacuated in deal with Lebanon
Coalition warplanes bombed a bridge and cratered a road to block the movement of ISIS fighters that were being evacuated.
By Shawn Snow