Forces of Syria’s central government captured al-Hol camp on Jan. 21 during a weekslong offensive against the Kurdish-led and ...

RAQQA, Syria (AP) — Syrian government forces took control Friday of a prison housing members of the Islamic State group in the north of the country, after hundreds of Kurdish fighters who were ...

HASAKA, Syria - Although a fragile ceasefire has brought clashes largely to a halt, Kurdish fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) say they are prepared to mount fierce resistance against ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Recent fighting between Syrian government forces and Kurdish fighters in northeast Syria got close to detention facilities where thousands of Islamic State group members are held. The ...

Northeast Syria is rapidly changing hands, and with it the country's fragile balance of power.

BEIRUT(AP) — Over the past decade, the religiously and ethnically mixed Syrian Democratic Forces had been the most effective force in the battle against the Islamic State group in Syria. The ...

After their families were disappeared, tortured and murdered by Islamic State militants last year, young Yazidi women have armed themselves. Photographer Alfred Yaghobzadeh joins them ...

RAQQA, Syria (AP) — Syrian government forces and Kurdish fighters clashed Monday around two prisons housing members of the Islamic State group in Syria ’s northeast. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic ...