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Syria’s leader brokered a ceasefire with US-backed Kurdish forces after capturing most of Syria’s Kurdish-held north-east region in a rapid offensive. Videos showed Syrian soldiers riding in captured US Humvees on Sunday and toppling statues as they advanced across the Euphrates river,
A ceasefire has been established after three weeks of fighting. The Kurds have secured major gains in local autonomy and national rights, while the Syrian president claims to have restored national unity.
DAMASCUS, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Syria's government accused the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces of attacks it said killed 11 soldiers on Wednesday, but the SDF disputed key elements of the account, blaming at least one deadly blast on explosives being moved by Syrian troops.
Syria's army said two soldiers were killed on Saturday in an attack by Kurdish forces as the military deployed in
The US Central Command said in a statement that Bilal Hasan al-Jasim was killed in the attack on Friday.
U.S. Central Command says it took out an al-Qaeda affiliate commander directly linked to the Dec. 13 attack on American forces in Palmyra.
Iowa’s fallen heroes returned home on Christmas Eve, but it was the kind of homecoming no military family should ever have to experience.
Defense Ministry says attack occurred after forces discovered drone munitions workshop near al-Yarubiyah crossing - Anadolu Ajansı
The Syrian army confirmed three soldiers were killed and several others injured in two separate attacks, News.Az reports, citing Al Jazeera.