Al-Arabiya | Scores killed after ISIS seize Syria gas field Al-Arabiya A Syrian monitoring group said Friday at least 270 people have been killed after fighters belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria seized a gas field in central Syria. ISIS fighters on Thursday morning attacked the Shaar gas field, east of the ... Jihadists kill 115 in Syria gas field takeover Reports: 115 killed in seizure of Syria gas field Islamic State fighters seize Syria gas field |
Aljazeera.com | Syria Kurds impose mandatory military service Aljazeera.com Syria's Kurds have imposed compulsory military service for their men to ward off a push by self-declared jihadists in the predominantly Kurdish areas in northern Syria, Kurdish officials said. The move reflects fears among Syrian Kurds that the ongoing ... Compulsory military service for Syria's Kurds Syrian Kurds impose military service for their minority amid fight with ... |
BBC News | Isis takes advantage in Syria BBC News In addition to Isis, Syria's Kurds have also been busy establishing their own cantons of self-governance, backed by their militia force, the People's Protection Units (YPG). But as their control over Kurdish areas of Syria has strengthened, it has ... In Iraq, Syria, Militants Try to Govern as a State Islamic State seizes major Syrian oil fields, aids Assad regime |
BBC News | The Belgian fathers who lost their sons in Syria BBC News Two Belgian fathers who spent the last few weeks searching for their sons in northern Syria have gone home without them. The BBC's Duncan Crawford spoke to them in Turkey before they boarded a flight back to Belgium. Sitting in the lobby of an old ... |
Commercial Planes Routinely Fly Over Conflict Zones, From Ukraine to Syria Mashable A Mashable investigation shows that aircraft from many nations, including the U.S., Europe and the Middle East, routinely fly at high altitudes over tense conflict zones such as Ukraine, Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. In the wake of the shooting down of ... |
Middle East Eye | Challenging goals for Syria's 'alternate national team' Middle East Eye TRIPOLI, Lebanon – The joy and despair of 2014 World Cup in Rio is fading into memory, but for one young team of opposition Syrian refugees living in a heavily populated neighbourhood of Lebanon's Tripoli, there is a greater prize still up for grabs ... |
New York Times | Assad Begins a Third Term in Syria, Vowing to Look After Its People New York Times State-run television had earlier broadcast what it said was live video of the Syrian leader arriving in a black sedan as a military band played the national anthem. Smiling and confident, Mr. Assad, 48, strode on a red carpet and inspected an honor ... Pentagon Envisions 'Small' Training Program for Syria Opposition Syria's President Assad sworn in for new seven-year term Syria's Assad Sworn in, Gives Defiant Speech |
Islamic State takes up stoning in Syria Al Jazeera America Fighters from Al-Qaeda-breakaway group the Islamic State have stoned a woman to death for adultery, in the first such execution of its kind in rebel-held northern Syria. The stoning, first reported by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and ... |
Who controls Syrian border crossings? Al-Monitor The UN Security Council's resolution to allow the entry of aid to Syria without the government's permission raises many questions regarding the feasibility of its implementation, given that a number of border crossings are not under the Syrian state's ... |
NPR (blog) | Syria's Army On The Verge Of Retaking The Country's Largest City NPR (blog) When Syria's rebels were on the offensive in 2012, they captured the eastern half of Aleppo and the surrounding countryside. But now President Bashar Assad's troops are poised to retake all of the city that is the largest in Syria and served as the ... Sunni Jihadi Group Expels Rivals From Syrian City Battle over Syria's Aleppo nears 'Islamic State' expels rivals from Syria city |