Tag: Syria
Israel’s ‘retaliation’ kills six in Syria
Israeli airstrikes in southern Syria killed six people and wounded seven, Syrian state TV reported on Friday, in retaliation for a rocket attack on...
Islamic State is no weaker than a year ago
IS remains a well-funded extremist army able to replenish its ranks with foreign jihadis as quickly as the US can eliminate them
In ‘first’, IS beheads two women in Syria
The Islamic State (IS) group has beheaded two women in Syria on accusations of “sorcery,” the first such execution of women in Syria, the...
Iran, Iraq, Syria to strengthen cooperation against IS
Officials from Iran, Iraq and Syria will meet next week in Baghdad to strengthen their joint fight against the Islamic State extremist group, media...
Regime barrel bombs kill 71 civilians as Syria army in retreat
Barrel bombs are crude weapons made of oil drums, gas cylinders or water tanks packed with explosives and scrap metal usually dropped from helicopters
Barrel...
Syria says wants more Iraqi coordination in Islamic State fight
Damascus wants more coordination with Baghdad to combat Islamic State fighters who control land in both countries, Syria's foreign minister said on Wednesday, days...
Islamic State faces battle in Iraq, bombs in Syria
Iraqi forces have regained ground east of Ramadi since launching a counter-offensive on Saturday, a week after it was overrun, and on Monday retook a rural area south of the city.
UN envoy announces start of talks to bring Syria on political...
A series of consultations began Wednesday in Geneva with an aim to redouble international efforts in search of a political process to resolve the...
Rebels in Syria bombard govt-held part of Aleppo
Insurgents bombarded a government-held part of Syria's second city Aleppo overnight, killing at least eight people, Syrian state media reported.
The Syrian Observatory for Human...
Syria, Iraq a ‘finishing school’ for foreign fighters: UN report
More than 25,000 foreign fighters from some 100 countries are linked to al Qaeda and the self-styled Islamic State, with Syria and Iraq comprising...
IS has recruited at least 400 child soldiers in Syria since...
Islamic State has recruited at least 400 children in Syria in the past three months and given these so-called “Cubs of the Caliphate” military...
Ban Ki-moon condemns ‘heinous’ Syria Kurdish new year attacks
UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Friday condemned “heinous” attacks that killed and injured dozens at Kurdish new year celebrations in northeastern Syria.
A suicide bomber...
Syria using chemical weapons, claims Kerry
The United States claimed on Thursday that the Syrian government had again used a chemical agent as a weapon against the opposition forces.
“The United...
Syria to West: Accept that Assad is here to stay
Syria's envoy to the United Nations says it's time for the United States and other Western powers to accept that President Bashar al-Assad is...
IS in Syria has abducted 220 from Christian villages this week
Islamic State (IS) militants have abducted at least 220 people from Assyrian Christian villages in northeastern Syria during a three day offensive, a monitor...
IS jihadists kidnap 90 Christians in Syria
Jihadists from the Islamic State group have kidnapped at least 90 Assyrian Christians in northeast Syria, a monitor said on Wednesday.
The abductions took place...
Turkey evacuates troops guarding tomb inside Syria: PM
A group of Turkish soldiers entered Syria in a successful operation to repatriate troops guarding a Turkish enclave surrounded by Islamic State (IS) militants,...
