Tag: Rebels
Three US senators call for aid to Syrian rebels
Three prominent US senators called late Sunday for direct US military aid to Syrian rebels, including use of US air power to protect rebel-controlled...
Kurd rebels storm Turkey border post, 22 killed
Kurdish rebels stormed a Turkish army post on the Iraq border Sunday, triggering fighting that killed 22 people in the latest clash since Ankara...
Syria rebels blast air base used to attack Aleppo
Syrian rebels on Thursday bombarded an air base being used by regime forces to pound the northern city of Aleppo, as a rights...
Syria rebels say intelligence branches next Aleppo target
Rebels in Syria have now set their sights on seizing intelligence branches in the country's commercial capital of Aleppo after taking three police...
Fighting rages as Syria rebels attack key Aleppo targets
Syrian rebels launched attacks early Tuesday on a military court and an air force intelligence headquarters in Aleppo, a watchdog said, as fighting in...
Syrian helicopter gunships strafe Aleppo rebels
Syrian government forces used helicopter gunships to strafe rebel-held districts in Aleppo on Monday and shelled the area on the third day of a...
Syria gunships hit rebels amid massacre fears
Syrian gunships pounded rebels and troops clashed with insurgents in Aleppo on Friday as world powers voiced fears of an all-out assault and called...
Battles rage as Syrian troops, rebels fight for Aleppo
Fighting in Aleppo raged through the night and into Thursday, a monitoring group said, after the army and rebels rushed in reinforcements for what...
Syria rebels say chemical weapons moved to borders
Syria’s rebels accused strongman Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday of moving chemical weapons to the country’s borders, a day after his beleaguered regime said it...
Syrian rebels occupy second border post: Turkish diplomat
Syrian rebel forces occupied a second border post with Turkey on Sunday, three days after taking control of the frontier crossing of Bab al-Hawa,...
Clashes in Syria’s Aleppo, tense calm in Damascus
Heavy clashes between troops and rebels raged into a second day in Syria’s second city Aleppo on Saturday, activists said, while a tense calm...
Syria rebels control border post with Turkey: AFP
Syrian rebels were in full control of the Bab al-Hawa border post with Turkey after overrunning it in a fierce battle with Syrian troops,...
Britain to boost help to Syria rebels: Hague
Britain will step up its support for Syria's rebels after Russia and China blocked a UN Security Council resolution against Bashar al-Assad's regime, Foreign...
Syria rebels to boycott Cairo opposition talks
Syria-based rebel fighters and activists said they would boycott an opposition meeting in Cairo on Monday, denouncing it as a "conspiracy" that served the...
Indian security forces kill 21 Maoist rebels
At least 21 Maoist rebels were killed in a series of violent clashes with security forces in the central state of Chhattisgarh, a hotbed...
‘Fierce clashes’ around elite unit posts near Damascus
Rebel forces and Syrian army units were locked in fierce clashes around elite Republican Guard posts in the suburbs of Damascus on Tuesday, a...
Blast in French-controlled Afghan town kills five
An improvised bomb killed four police and a civilian on Monday in an Afghan town where hundreds of French troops have been deployed to...
