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Iraqi Kurdish Lawmakers OK Fighters for Syria - ABC News Wed, 22 Oct 2014 19:08:20 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Iraqi Kurdish Lawmakers OK Fighters for Syria ABC News Lawmakers in Iraq's largely autonomous Kurdish region Wednesday authorized peshmerga forces to go to neighboring Syria and help fellow Kurds combat Islamic State militants in the key border town of Kobani, providing much-needed boots on the ground. Iraqi Kurds to send forces to Syria's KobaneAljazeera.com Islamic State: US probes 'stray Syria air drop' in IS videoBBC News Syrian Kurdish Forces Assess Air-Dropped Supplies as Kobani Fighting ContinuesWall Street Journal Los Angeles Times all 5,683 news articles »

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Syria conflict: '200 air force strikes' in 36 hours - BBC News Thu, 23 Oct 2014 02:40:17 GMT

BBC News

Syria conflict: '200 air force strikes' in 36 hours BBC News The Syrian military has stepped up air strikes on rebel areas dramatically, carrying out more than 200 in recent days, opposition activists say. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the raids took place mostly in western areas between midnight ... Syria destroys two warplanes used by ISIS to train fighter pilots for ...Daily Mail Syria Claims It Destroyed Jets Seized By ISISHuffington Post Syria tribal revolt against Islamic State ignored, fueling resentmentWashington Post New York Post -KRQE News 13 all 170 news articles »

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As US attacks Islamic State, Syria steps up assaults on moderate rebels - Washington Post Thu, 23 Oct 2014 01:17:53 GMT

International Business Times

As US attacks Islamic State, Syria steps up assaults on moderate rebels Washington Post BEIRUT — Syrian government forces have dramatically intensified air and ground assaults on areas held by moderate rebels, attempting to deliver crippling blows as world attention shifts to airstrikes by a U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State ... Syrian Civil War ISIS: Assad Capitalizing On Airstrikes Against Islamic StateInternational Business Times A different take on SyriaColumbia Journalism Review EU Broadens Sanctions Over SyriaWall Street Journal Al-Arabiya -Stars and Stripes all 277 news articles »

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Mississippi man travels to Syria to fight ISIS - Jackson Clarion Ledger Thu, 23 Oct 2014 02:48:42 GMT

Jackson Clarion Ledger

Mississippi man travels to Syria to fight ISIS Jackson Clarion Ledger Veteran Jeremy Woodard, 28, couldn't stand the thought of the horrible things the Islamic State was doing, so he paid his way to Turkey and got himself smuggled into Syria to fight alongside the Kurds. "I figured if I came over here more Americans and ... Islamic State: The US volunteers who fight with Syria's KurdsBBC News all 29 news articles »

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3 Colo. teen girls were Syria-bound, reports say - USA TODAY Tue, 21 Oct 2014 23:21:54 GMT

USA TODAY

3 Colo. teen girls were Syria-bound, reports say USA TODAY Three Denver-area teenage girls were reunited with their families after being stopped in Germany during a possible attempt to join Islamist fighters in Syria. Two girls are sisters, ages 15 and 16, of ethnic Somali origin, and the third teen is from ... Feds Unlikely to Prosecute Syria-Bound US Teens: OfficialsNBCNews.com Officials: 3 Denver girls played hooky from school and tried to join ISISCNN 3 Denver teens caught in Germany trying to fly to Syria9NEWS.com The Guardian -The Denver Channel all 654 news articles »

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Briton Mamunur Roshid 'killed fighting in Syria', mosque says - BBC News Wed, 22 Oct 2014 02:57:46 GMT

BBC News

Briton Mamunur Roshid 'killed fighting in Syria', mosque says BBC News A third man from Portsmouth who went to fight in Syria for Islamic State (IS) has been killed, his mosque has said. Mamunur Roshid, 24, travelled to the country with four friends in October 2013. Iftekar Jaman - who left the UK separately in May last ... Third Portsmouth jihadist reported killed in SyriaThe Guardian British jihadi fighter Manunur Roshid killed in SyriaTelegraph.co.uk British man killed fighting for ISIS in SyriaRT Al-Arabiya -Metro all 26 news articles »

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American Veteran Fighting ISIS in Syria: 'I'm Ready to Stay Until the End' - Mashable Wed, 22 Oct 2014 15:39:36 GMT

Mashable

American Veteran Fighting ISIS in Syria: 'I'm Ready to Stay Until the End' Mashable ISTANBUL, Turkey—Jordan Matson, a U.S. military veteran who quit his job to fight the Islamic State, was wounded in battle shortly after getting to Syria. But rather than discourage other Americans from coming to the front lines, the 28-year-old from ... and more »

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American Teenage Girls Detained in Germany, Apparently on Way to Syria - NBCNews.com Wed, 22 Oct 2014 08:24:28 GMT

American Teenage Girls Detained in Germany, Apparently on Way to Syria NBCNews.com Three girls under 18 are back in the United States after they were stopped in Germany over the weekend and sent home to Denver — and several U.S. officials say they believe the trio intended to go to Syria to join up with Islamic militants like ISIS ...

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Syria claims it destroyed jets seized and test flown over Aleppo by ISIS - Fox News Wed, 22 Oct 2014 13:09:34 GMT

Syria claims it destroyed jets seized and test flown over Aleppo by ISIS Fox News DAMASCUS, Syria – The Syrian air force has destroyed two of three jets seized and reportedly test flown over Aleppo by the Islamic State group last week, according to the country's information minister. Omran al-Zoubi told Syrian TV late Tuesday that ...

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Five Britons a week travel to Iraq and Syria to join Isis, says Met chief - The Guardian Tue, 21 Oct 2014 20:32:00 GMT

The Guardian

Five Britons a week travel to Iraq and Syria to join Isis, says Met chief The Guardian Mamunur Roshid, 24, was known to be one of six men from Portsmouth who travelled to Syria in 2013 and reports by religious leaders in the city that he had died follow the deaths of Ifthekar Jaman, 23, last December and Muhammad Hamidur Rahman, 25, ... Terror police arrest man and woman in separate Syria-linked probesDaily Mail Bedfordshire Woman Arrested on Suspicion of Syria TerrorismInternational Business Times UK Anti-terror police arrest young woman in BedfordshireTelegraph.co.uk Sky News -Reuters UK -ITV News all 204 news articles »