US-backed Syrian force that defeated IS 5 years ago warns group still poses international threat

BEIRUT — The U.S.-backed force that defeated the Islamic State group in Syria five years ago warned Saturday that the extremists still pose grave dangers throughout the world and called on the international community to find solutions for thousands of fighters still held in its jails. The statement by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces to … Read more

Combating between rival US-backed teams in Syria may undermine conflict towards the Islamic State group

BEIRUT — The weeklong clashes between rival U.S.-backed militias in japanese Syria, the place lots of of American troops are deployed, level to harmful seams within the coalition that has saved a lid on the defeated Islamic State group for years. That could possibly be a possibility for the novel group to reemerge. The violence … Read more