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No coalition casualties as US troops, SDF, return fire on pro-Syrian regime forces in Syria, officials say

Syrian state media and an opposition war monitoring group reported that a U.S. helicopter gunship attacked a Syrian army checkpoint. U.S. defense officials say that didn't happen.

By Howard Altman

3 years ago

Syrian army in race with US-armed fighters for eastern Syria

U.S.-backed Syrian fighters launched an offensive against the Islamic State group in eastern Syria along the border with Iraq on Saturday, bringing them into a race with government forces marching in the same direction against the extremists in their last major holdout in the war-torn country.

6 years ago

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.

6 years ago

Syrian army and Hezbollah launch attack near Lebanese border

The Syrian army and members of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group launched a major ground offensive on Friday aimed at ending the yearslong presence of hundreds of militants in a border area between the two countries.

6 years ago

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