Battle Against Daesh in Syria

The US-led coalition said it had no problems with Syrian forces fighting terrorists in their home country.

The US-led coalition reported it had killed two important Daesh figures and said it would welcome the death of Daesh leader al-Baghdadi in a Russian airstrike, which is yet to be confirmed.

Russian Navy warships launched missiles from the Mediterranean Sea at Daesh targets in the eastern Syrian province of Hama, killing militants and destroying the group's command posts and large caches of weapons, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday.

The US-led coalition said it had eliminated the chief cleric for Daesh on May 31.

The Soufan Group intelligence firm outlined the Gordian knot of the Syrian war.

Moscow cannot confirm the Daesh leader's death in a Russian airstrike, a deputy foreign minister said.

Syrian forces have taken control of the Damascus-Palmyra highway for the first time since the start of the conflict.

Daesh is still capable of "causing great harm" despite Damascus' success in the fight against terrorism, the UN special envoy for Syria said.

The provision of arms to the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militia by the United States will ensure prompt defeat of Daesh and facilitate liberation of Raqqa, the Daesh de-facto capital, Abdulaziz Yunus, who is responsible for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) external relations, told Sputnik.

The US-led coalition carried out 27 airstrikes against Daesh terrorist group in Iraq and Syria on Monday, including four strikes near the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor, Operation Inherent Resolve said in a press release.

The Russian chief of general staff and the US chairman of the joint chiefs of staff confirmed the sides' readiness to fully restore the memorandum on preventing incidents in Syria's airspace and discussed the establishment of four de-escalation zones in the country.

Russia will finish off Daesh, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov promised.

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) killed 23 Daesh members and liberated three neighborhoods of the Syrian northern city of al-Tabqa on Friday.

The Tartus naval facility and the Hmeymim airbase in Syria help suppress terrorism in Syria's neighbors, the Russian General Staff revealed.

Daesh formations near Hama and Homs have been totally defeated, the Russian General Staff said on Wednesday. Moscow has managed to reverse the developments in Syria, the General Staff stressed.

Syrian President Bashar Assad in an interview with Sputnik denied reports of the capture of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of Daesh (the Islamic State terrorist organization, or IS, banned in Russia).

Russia could join the international coalition against Daesh only on equal terms, a senior politician said.

The Syrian Army successfully repelled several Daesh attacks near the town of al-Qaryatayn in the eastern part of the Homs province.

The Syrian Army continues squeezing Daesh out of the territories it captured.

The Syrian army managed to liberate the strategic hill in the al-Qetar Mountains, near the ancient city of Palmyra from Daesh.