The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said that it asked for help from a U.S. coalition base but that it "did not intervene, despite repeated calls for intervention."

As many as 60 people, including 35 children, with connections to the UK are in Syrian prisons and camps now engulfed by fighting

U.S. military boosts regional presence with F-15 fighter jets and USS Abraham Lincoln deployment as ISIS prison break highlights security risks amid Syria's political realignment.

Chaos around prisons holding ISIS detainees in Syria is highlighting security risks for U.S. forces in the region.

President Trump’s bet on Syria’s new leader is facing a pivotal moment, as Kurdish forces are under attack from President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s forces in the northeast and facing growing pressure to fold into the central government.

It was hoped the fall of Syria’s former dictator Bashar al-Assad would usher in a period of stability, unity and perhaps – eventually – democracy. But now the country enters a new and unpredictable phase as President Ahmed Al-Sharaa tightens his grip on power.In the north-east of the country the Kurds were the West’s key ally against Islamic State.

"We've requested and demanded guarantees, but as always, the U.S. does not give any," the SDF's political co-chair told Newsweek.

The U.S. military launched a third round of retaliatory strikes in Syria on Friday, killing an Al-Qaeda-affiliated leader with ties to an ambush attack by an ISIS gunman last month that killed three Americans, U.S. officials said.