Raqa Province

US-backed forces took full control of Raqa from the Islamic State group on Tuesday, defeating the last jihadist holdouts in the de facto Syrian capital of their now-shattered "caliphate".

Fierce fighting between Syrian government forces and the ISIS has killed 64 combatants in Raqa province over a 24-hour period, a monitoring group said Wednesday.

2 Russian warships and a submarine in the Mediterranean have fired missiles at ISIS targets in Syria, the defence ministry said Friday. It said that Turkish and Israeli military "were informed in a timely manner of the missile launches through communication channels," but it did not mention the United States

A suspected US-led coalition strike in Syria's Raqa province has killed 12 women, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Monday.

At least 33 people were killed in a US-led coalition strike on a school used as a centre for displaced people near a ISIS-held Syrian town, a monitor said Wednesday.

US-backed forces in Syria on Monday cut off a key supply route between the ISIS group's stronghold Raqa and its territory in Deir Ezzor province, a commander and a monitor said.

Syrian troops pushed into the ISIS State group's bastion province Raqa on Saturday for the first time since 2014, in an advance towards the country's largest dam, a monitor said.

Heavy air strikes throughout the night on the ISIS group's de facto Syria capital Raqa killed at least 13 civilians and five jihadists, a monitoring group said on today.

Four Syrian soldiers were killed and 13 injured when a bombing raid by the US-led coalition hit an army camp in the east of the country, a monitor said today.

The Islamic State group has claimed the arrests of four jihadists it classified as "extremists" accused of plotting against the organization in areas of Iraq and Syria under its control.

Fresh US-led strikes hit Islamic State group targets in Syria overnight, both in its Raqa province stronghold and in Aleppo province further west, a monitoring group said on Monday.

Jihadists from the Islamic State group have seized the Tabqa military airport, the last remaining Syrian army base in northern Raqa province, a monitoring group and state media said Sunday.

At least 70 Islamic State jihadist fighters have been killed in 48 hours of clashes with Syrian army troops in the northern province of Raqa, a monitoring group said Friday.

Islamic State jihadists captured the key Brigade 93 Syrian army base in Raqa province overnight, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday.

Islamic State fighters have seized a Syrian army base in the northern province of Raqa, killing scores of troops and beheading some of them, a monitoring group said on Saturday.

US-backed forces took full control of Raqa from the Islamic State group on Tuesday, defeating the last jihadist holdouts in the de facto Syrian capital of their now-shattered "caliphate".

Fierce fighting between Syrian government forces and the ISIS has killed 64 combatants in Raqa province over a 24-hour period, a monitoring group said Wednesday.

2 Russian warships and a submarine in the Mediterranean have fired missiles at ISIS targets in Syria, the defence ministry said Friday. It said that Turkish and Israeli military "were informed in a timely manner of the missile launches through communication channels," but it did not mention the United States

A suspected US-led coalition strike in Syria's Raqa province has killed 12 women, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Monday.

At least 33 people were killed in a US-led coalition strike on a school used as a centre for displaced people near a ISIS-held Syrian town, a monitor said Wednesday.

US-backed forces in Syria on Monday cut off a key supply route between the ISIS group's stronghold Raqa and its territory in Deir Ezzor province, a commander and a monitor said.

Syrian troops pushed into the ISIS State group's bastion province Raqa on Saturday for the first time since 2014, in an advance towards the country's largest dam, a monitor said.

Heavy air strikes throughout the night on the ISIS group's de facto Syria capital Raqa killed at least 13 civilians and five jihadists, a monitoring group said on today.

Four Syrian soldiers were killed and 13 injured when a bombing raid by the US-led coalition hit an army camp in the east of the country, a monitor said today.

The Islamic State group has claimed the arrests of four jihadists it classified as "extremists" accused of plotting against the organization in areas of Iraq and Syria under its control.

Fresh US-led strikes hit Islamic State group targets in Syria overnight, both in its Raqa province stronghold and in Aleppo province further west, a monitoring group said on Monday.

Jihadists from the Islamic State group have seized the Tabqa military airport, the last remaining Syrian army base in northern Raqa province, a monitoring group and state media said Sunday.

At least 70 Islamic State jihadist fighters have been killed in 48 hours of clashes with Syrian army troops in the northern province of Raqa, a monitoring group said Friday.

Islamic State jihadists captured the key Brigade 93 Syrian army base in Raqa province overnight, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday.

Islamic State fighters have seized a Syrian army base in the northern province of Raqa, killing scores of troops and beheading some of them, a monitoring group said on Saturday.