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26 Syria regime forces, 9 Russian fighters killed in Islamic State attack, says Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

At least 26 Syrian regime forces and nine Russian fighters were killed in an Islamic State group attack earlier this week in Syria's eastern desert, a monitor said.

Syrian Army, Islamic State clashes in Deir Ezzor kill 23 soldiers, 50 fighters in 24 hours; fight still on

Heavy clashes between Syrian Army and the Islamic State group in Deir Ezzor city have killed at least 73 fighters in the last 24 hours, a monitor said Sunday.

Islamic State fighters stage last stand as Raqa capture nears

Only around 300 IS fighters are believed to remain in the devastated city of Raqa, once the de facto Syrian capital of the jihadist group's self-styled "caliphate" straddling Syria and Iraq.

Syrian forces, allies retake city of Mayadeen from Islamic State, kill 'large number of terrorists'

Syrian troops and allied forces captured Mayadeen from the Islamic State group on Saturday, state media said, in the latest blow to the jihadist group

Russia accuses US-led coalition of pretending to fight Islamic State, says it allows jihadists to enter Syria

Moscow on Tuesday accused the United States of reducing its air strikes on the Islamic State group in Iraq to allow jihadists to enter Syria and fight the Russian-backed Syrian army.

Iraqi forces reclaim control over town of Hawija, one of Islamic State's last bastions

Hawijah, 230 kilometres (140 miles) north of Baghdad, was at the centre of a pocket of mainly Sunni Arab towns that were among the final holdouts from territory seized by the jihadists in 2014.

Islamic State claims Damascus bomb attack that killed 17 people on Monday

The Madras High Court on Wednesday gave the nod for filing an objection plea against the one-man Commission of Inquiry formed to probe then Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's death.

Islamic State seizes Al-Qaryatain town in central Syria in surprise attack, shows monitor

The Islamic State group on Sunday seized a town in central Syria known as a symbol of religious coexistence in a surprise attack against regime forces, a monitor said.

Russian general killed in Islamic State attack on Syrian stronghold; Valeri Assapov to be honoured posthumously

A Russian general was killed while battling Islamic State group militants near the eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor, Moscow's defence ministry has said.

Syria: Two Russian soldiers killed by Islamic State in Deir Ezzor province

Two Russian soldiers have been killed by artillery fire from the Islamic State group in Syria's eastern province of Deir Ezzor, where the army is battling jihadists