
The US Defense Department announced that a US soldier has died in eastern Syria. In a release, the department said Saturday that a soldier, Antonio I. Moore, 22, from Wilmington, North Carolina, died Friday in Deir Ezzor Province. Moore died “during a rollover accident while conducting route clearing operations,” and ...

Unidentified militants launched an airstrike on Sunday targeting Russian Hmeimim airbase in Syria, using unmanned flying vehicles. Air defense systems successfully thwarted the attack which inflicted no damage for the military installation, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The airbase, that is located in the province of Lattakia in western Syria, ...