
Armed groups operating in Syria ruled out on Monday a pullout from east Aleppo despite sweeping government advances, after Moscow announced it would hold talks with Washington on their withdrawal from the city. The Syrian army and its allied forces have seized two-thirds of east Aleppo and continued to advance ...

US chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Joseph Dunford, said Saturday the US military will review its strategy to combat the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL) terrorist organization. “We’re going to review that, obviously,” Dunford said speaking at the Reagan National Defense Forum, adding ...