New York Times | At Least 500 Militants Killed in US-Led Strikes in Syria, Observer Group Says New York Times The tally compiled by the group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, provides one of the first measures of the impact of the American-led military campaign against the extremist group known as the Islamic State, which has seized territory in Syria ... Syria's Kobani less at risk but could still fall: US officials Coalition Airstrikes in Syria Killed Over 500 Turkish President: 200 Iraqi Peshmerga will join Syrian Kurds' fight for Kobani |
ABC News | Canadian Gunman Was Hoping to Leave for Syria ABC News Zehaf-Bibeau had been in Ottawa since Oct. 2 to apply for a new passport, police said, and that "was hoping to leave for Syria." RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson said today that Zehaf-Bibeau's mother told investigators that her son planned to go to Syria. Canadian Parliament Gunman Was Planning to Travel to Syria Canada Gunman Sought to Travel to Syria 'Radicalized' Ottawa Shooter Hoped to Travel to Syria |
Reuters | US-led air strikes killed 521 fighters, 32 civilians in Syria: monitor Reuters BEIRUT (Reuters) - Air strikes by U.S.-led forces have killed 521 Islamist fighters and 32 civilians during a month-long campaign in Syria, a monitoring group which tracks the violence said on Thursday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human ... |
The Guardian | US-led air strikes on Syria have killed more than 500 Isis and al-Nusra fighters The Guardian US-led air strikes on Syria have killed more than 500 people, mainly Islamist militants, since they began last month, activists said as fighting continued in the border town of Kobani. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which relies ... |
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 ... |
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 Kurds US veteran joins ground war against ISIS |
Activists: US-led Airstrikes Killed 553 in Syria Voice of America Syrian activists said a month of U.S.-led airstrikes in Syria has killed 553 people, mostly militants from the Islamic State group and al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Thursday the deaths include ... |
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 State Amid US airstrikes, Syria's Assad pursues withering campaign against rebels EU Broadens Sanctions Over Syria |
Activists: Syria airstrikes toll over 500 U.S. News & World Report Thick smoke from an airstrike by the US-led coalition rises in Kobani, Syria, as seen from a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been ... |
RT | Relics for rifles: Syrian rebels trade antique treasures for weapons (VIDEO) RT Not only is Syria's future at stake as the civil war rages on, but now also its past. The black market flourishing in the conflict now sees relics - some as ancient as 1,200 years - traded by rebels for AK-47s. Free Syrian Army (FSA) soldier Abu ... |