BBC News | Islamic State: US probes 'stray Syria air drop' in IS video BBC News The US defence department has said it is examining an Islamic State video appearing to show militants in control of US weapons intended for Syrian Kurdish fighters. Some 27 bundles containing small arms, ammunition and other weaponry were dropped on ... Turkey to Let Iraqi Kurds Cross to Syria to Fight ISIS ISIS fight: Turkey helping anti-ISIS Kurds defend Kobani on Syria border Kobani: US drops weapons to Kurds in Syria |
The Guardian | Third Portsmouth jihadist reported killed in Syria The Guardian A third British jihadist from Portsmouth has been reported killed fighting in Syria, according to religious authorities in the city. Manunur Roshid, 24, was known to be one of a group of six men from Portsmouth who went to Syria in 2013. Reports of his ... Briton Mamunur Roshid 'killed fighting in Syria', mosque says British jihadi fighter Manunur Roshid killed in Syria British man killed fighting for ISIS in Syria |
9NEWS.com | 3 Denver teens caught in Germany trying to fly to Syria 9NEWS.com DENVER – The FBI Denver Field Office confirms they helped find and return three teenage girls to Denver after they were detained in Frankfurt, Germany while attempting to fly to Turkey and then on to Syria. "The juveniles are safe and reunited with ... 3 Colo. teen girls were Syria-bound, reports say American Teenage Girls Detained in Germany, Possibly on Way to Syria Three American Girls En Route to Syria Planned to Join Militant Groups ... |
Reuters | Syria tribal revolt against Islamic State ignored, fueling resentment Washington Post REYHANLI, Turkey — The cost of turning against the Islamic State was made brutally apparent in the streets of a dusty backwater town in eastern Syria in early August. Over a three-day period, vengeful fighters shelled, beheaded, crucified and shot ... Two stoned to death in Syria as Islamists gain ground in east, monitor warns Islamic State wins ground from Syrian government in east: monitor |
BBC News | Islamic State: The US volunteers who fight with Syria's Kurds BBC News Mingling with a group of fighters from the Syrian Kurdish YPG near the front line with Islamic State (IS) in north-east Syria, the one they call Sipan, with a stubbly beard and dressed in the same combat fatigues, does not look like the odd one out ... Mississippi man travels to Syria to fight ISIS An American Man Has Joined The Ground War Against ISIS In Syria |
The Guardian | UK to fly military drones over Syria The Guardian “As well as their operations over Iraq, both Reapers and Rivet Joint surveillance aircraft will be authorised to fly surveillance missions over Syria to gather intelligence as part of our efforts to protect our national security from the terrorist ... UK spy drones to fly over Syria British to deploy armed Reaper drones over Syria in battle against Isil UK Reaper drones ready to attack Isis in Syria and Iraq |
Newsweek | Photos from Syria Allegedly Show Torture, Systematic Killing Newsweek With a hoodie pulled tight over a baseball cap and sunglasses, the former military police photographer for Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime told a small group from the museum in an off-the-record briefing why he had fled his home, a country that ... |
Wall Street Journal | EU Broadens Sanctions Over Syria Wall Street Journal The bloc's foreign ministers decided Monday to extend sanctions against Syria's government “in view of the gravity of the situation,” taking the total number of people subject to EU sanctions against the Assad regime to more than 200 and the number of ... Syria's Assad exploits US war against IS to pursue a withering campaign ... EU targets ministers, UAE firm in latest Syria sanctions Syria's Assad exploits US war against IS |
Syria Kurds weather IS assault and await reinforcements Yahoo News The People's Protection Units, a Syrian-Kurdish fighting force also known as YPG,has been fighting against ISIS sine the terror group began its land grab. Despite being outnumbered, outgunned and surrounded by enemies, YPG continues to battle ISIS ... |
The Daily Star | Jihadists stone man and woman to death for adultery in Syria Jerusalem Post It is the first documented case of a man being stoned to death for adultery since Syria descended into civil war in 2011 and hardline Islamic groups emerged as powerful players in areas that slipped from government control, the Observatory said. The ... Man, woman stoned to death for adultery in Syria: monitor Syria: Isis Stone Woman to Death for Adultery with Father's Help in Hama ... Syria man stones daughter to death in ISIS video |