Thursday, 25 August, 2022 , 22:35 AFP — US President Joe Biden said Thursday that US air and artillery strikes that killed four militants in eastern Syria were ordered to protect US forces from attacks by Iran-backed militia.
Thursday, 25 August, 2022 , 15:33 AFP — US attack helicopters, gunships and artillery killed four Iran-linked militants over 24 hours in northwest Syria after rocket attacks wounded American troops in the area, the military said Thursday.
Thursday, 25 August, 2022 , 13:04 AFP — Two US air strikes in as many days this week on groups in Syria allegedly backed by Iran have raised questions about the actors involved and the tensions stoking the flare-up.
Thursday, 25 August, 2022 , 12:37 AFP — After Washington's latest attacks, AFP unpacks the deployments in a porous border region where the US and its Iran-backed rivals operate in close proximity.
Thursday, 25 August, 2022 , 01:46 AFP — US attack helicopters on Wednesday struck several targets used by Iran-backed militants to fire rockets at bases housing American troops in northeastern Syria, the US military's Central Command said.
Thursday, 25 August, 2022 , 00:56 AFP — US attack helicopters on Wednesday struck several targets used by Iran-backed militants to fire rockets at bases housing American troops in northeastern Syria, the US military's Central Command said.
Tuesday, 23 August, 2022 , 03:51 AFP — Washington is "deeply concerned" about a recent flare-up of violence along Syria's northern border with Turkey, a State Department spokesman said Monday.
Monday, 22 August, 2022 , 12:21 AFP — Two rival Iranian Kurdish opposition parties based in northern Iraq have announced in a joint statement their reunification 16 years after they split over internal disputes.
Friday, 19 August, 2022 , 19:30 AFP — At least 21 civilians including children were killed Friday in separate bombardments in the latest flare-up of violence along Syria's northern border with Turkey, Kurdish authorities and a war monitor said.
Friday, 19 August, 2022 , 19:20 AFP — A member of the notorious Islamic State kidnap-and-murder cell known as the "Beatles" was sentenced to life in prison by a US court on Friday for the deaths of four American hostages in Syria.