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A Russian patrol in northern Syria (Photo: Kurdistan 24) ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The Russian Defense Ministry on Sunday called on all parties to cease shelling near the Syrian town of Ain Issa, the Russian state news agency Sputnik has reported. Rear Adm. Vyacheslav Sytnik, deputy head of the Russian Defense Ministry’s center for Syrian reconciliation, called on both the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Turkish-backed groups to stop their shelling during a press conference on Sunday. “We...

Northern Syria – The facade of the COVID-19 treatment centre in Tabqa, a town on the shores of Lake Assad not far from Raqqa, is riddled with bullet holes. From 2013 to 2017, ISIL (ISIS) fighters used this former sports field and complex as a training base, and during the Kurdish-Arab offensive, backed by the United States-led coalition, they used a 2 x 2-metre (6 x 6-foot) tunnel to carry out surprise attacks. On the walls, ballistic calculations can still be seen – a trace of the lessons ...

There have been many crucial victories against the so-called ISIS caliphatein 2019, including defeat in its final swath of Syrian territory in March and the killing of its shadowy leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi seven months later. However, the resilience of the Islamic terrorist group means not only has it not dissipated completely, but it is likely to remain a forceful threat into 2020. Despite the still frequent terrorist attacks ripping through the once ISIS-controlled pockets of northeastern�...

   2020/12/13 12:34 SDF special forces carried out an operation against ISIS sleeper cells on Saturday (Photo: SDFs Coordination and Military Operations Center) ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Saturday announced that they arrested three members of an Islamic State sleeper cell in Deir al-Zor province. The SDF special forces operation in the eastern Deir al-Zor countryside captured three suspected terrorists in two cells of the so-called Is...