CAIRO: Daesh claimed responsibility on Saturday for an attack near the city of Manbij in Syria’s northeastern Aleppo province that the Syrian Defense Ministry said killed two soldiers. The militant group made the claim in a statement on its Telegram channel. Reuters could not independently verify the claim. Earlier on Saturday, the Defense Ministry said two soldiers had been killed by unidentified assailants near Manbij but provided no further details.

CAIRO: Daesh claimed responsibility on Saturday for an attack near the city of Manbij in Syria’s northeastern Aleppo province that the Syrian Defense Ministry said killed two…

The attack came amid a series of assaults claimed by Islamic State since February, when the jihadist group announced what it described as a new phase of operations against the…