The United Arab Emirates only needs a draw, while Syria must win their decisive match to advance to the U23 Asian Cup quarterfinals, where they will face Vietnam. Kick-off is at 23:30 tonight.

The US military conducted a "large-scale" airstrike campaign against Islamic State militants across Syria, retaliating for previous attacks on US forces.

Washington initiated an operation to "eradicate IS forces and infrastructure" in Syria following an ambush that killed three US military personnel and civilians.

Syria has apprehended five individuals linked to an incident where an Islamic State member infiltrated security forces, opening fire and killing two US servicemen and one US civilian.

An Islamic State gunman ambushed and shot dead three US citizens, including two servicemen and one interpreter, while they were on duty in Syria.

Canada follows the US in easing sanctions, removing Syria from the list of state sponsors of terrorism and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham from the designation of a "terrorist organization".

US forces and a local armed group raided to apprehend IS members, but instead mistakenly shot an agent who was monitoring the group.