US-Backed YPG Militias Seeking Autonomous Region in Syria No Less Dangerous Than ISIL

It’s probably not by chance that US-backed Kurdish YPG militias are seeking autonomous region in Syria. The War Party has been on it from day one of the ISIL war.

Russia's Defense Ministry says US-led coalition unlikely to launch battle for Raqqa soon

French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian’s words that a battle to recapture the Syrian city of Raqqa from Islamic State will start in the coming hours are not based on true understanding of the situation "on the ground," Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said on Saturday.

Several ISIS "Militants" Join Turkey-Backed Euphrates Shield Operation Forces

Media sources reported that ISIL members have joined the Turkey-backed militants of the Euphrates Shield Operation.

Pentagon not aware of any Manbij deal between SDF and Assad regime, US official says

The U.S. Defense Department is not aware of any agreement between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Assad regime to hand over the territories in the west of Manbij to Assad-allied forces, a Pentagon spokesman said.

Zakharova: Militants not adhering to the cessation of hostilities agreement in Syria should be eliminated

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova reaffirmed that Russia firmly believes that the future of Syria must be determined by Syrians themselves.

US 'deeply concerned' about Turkish arrests of lawmakers

The United States said Friday it was "deeply concerned" by the Turkish government's arrest of the leaders of the country's main pro-Kurdish opposition party and its move to limit the country's access to the internet.

ISIS group: Turkey and US 'ready to invade capital'

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suggested he and the US are ready to drive so-called Islamic State (IS) from its Syrian stronghold of Raqqa.

Kurdish militias announce ceasefire with Turkish forces in Syria

A Kurdish-led military council announced Tuesday it had reached a temporary ceasefire agreement with Turkish forces deployed in northern Syria.

Turkish forces shell Syrian Kurdish fighters

The Turkish military shelled a group of Syrian Kurdish fighters south of the town of Jarablus on Thursday, a Turkish security source said, a day after Turkey launched its first US-backed incursion into Syria.

Turkey tells border town residents to evacuate : Ankara-backed rebels are preparing a major operation to seize Jarabulus

Turkey on Tuesday ordered residents to evacuate a Turkish border town that lies opposite the Syrian town of Jarabulus controlled by ISIS militants, television reported.

Turkey backtracks on 'child suicide bomber' statement: Kurdish wedding bomber 'may not have been child'

Turkey's Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says authorities are in no position to verify whether a child suicide bomber was responsible for a blast that killed at least 54 people on Saturday, reversing an earlier assertion by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Syrian warplanes hit Kurdish-held areas for first time

Syrian government warplanes on Thursday bombed Kurdish-controlled areas of the city of Hasaka in northeastern Syria for the first time in the five-year-old civil war, the spokesman for the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia and a monitoring group said.

Kurdish forces in fresh push to capture Mosul

Kurdish Peshmerga forces launched a fresh attack on ISIS militants early on Sunday, as part of a campaign to capture the de facto ISIS capital Mosul, a Kurdish official said.

US-backed militias face second ISIS counter attack

Syrian militias backed by US-led air strikes have repelled a second ISIS counter attack in 24 hours near a city being targeted in a major offensive against the militant group, an official and a monitoring group said on Monday.

Blasts Rock Turkish Airport, Multiple Casualties

Several explosions rocked Istanbul's Ataturk airport late Tuesday.  Early reports, quoting unnamed authorities, described the blasts as suicide bombings.

Units of Kurdish militia abandon defenses in Aleppo, retreat

Units of Kurdish militia have abandoned defenses in Aleppo’s Sheikh Maqsood and retreated, a spokesman for the Russian center for reconciliation of opposing sides in Syria said on Saturday.

US-backed forces launch anti-ISIS offensive in Syria

Kurdish-led Syrian fighters have launched a new advance on the northern town of Manbij, a key ISIS stronghold, with the aid of US-led airstrikes, the Associated Press reported a spokesman for the fighters and a monitoring group as saying on Wednesday.

Russian Foreign Ministry: Complete withdrawal of Russian air force from Syria out of question

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that a complete withdrawal of Russian forces from Syria is completely out of question, stressing the continued targeting of terrorist organizations such as ISIS and Jabhat al-Nusra.

Staffan de Mistura: Kurds must be able to give views. “For me, the only elections that count are those decided by the Security Council"

UN envoy Staffan de Mistura said Saturday that Syria’s Kurds have a right to express their views on the country’s political future, even if they are not invited to next week’s peace talks in Geneva.

Saudi Warplanes Land in Turkey for IS Mission. Complications for US

Four Saudi warplanes landed at Incirlik military base in Turkey on Friday to join the U.S-led Western coalition aerial raids against the Islamic State (IS) in Syria, Turkish officials and news reports say.