Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Syrian military operation against Kurds would stretch as far as Iraq
• 7 years agoRecep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkish forces would sweep Kurdish fighters from the Syrian border and could push all the way east to the frontier with Iraq — a move which risks a possible confrontation with US forces allied to the Kurds
Tale of burning burqas and shaving beards: US-backed forces wrest control of Syria's Manjib
Fp Staff • 9 years agoIslamic State group jihadists have released hundreds of civilians they used as human shields while fleeing a crumbling stronghold in northern Syria, but the fate of others remained unknown Saturday
Syrians return to Manbij as security forces drive Islamic State out of city
Fp Staff • 9 years agoWith air support from the US-led coalition, the SDF began its assault on Manbij on 31 May, surging into the town itself three weeks later.
A new life has started for us: Syrians ecstatic to return to IS-free villages
• 9 years agoThe villagers were so terrified that their friends and family would report them to IS that they were unable to trust anyone.