ABC News | Islamic State Closes in on Kurdish Area of Syria ABC News Militants of the Islamic State group were closing in Monday on a Kurdish area of Syria on the border with Turkey — an advance unhindered so far by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes, including one that struck a grain silo, killing two civilians, according ... US, Kurds strike at Islamic State in Syria US-led strikes across Syria kill civilians, group says US Airstrikes Hit Grain Silos In Syria, Killed Civilians, Human Rights Group Says |
ABC News | AP INTERVIEW: US Should Hit All Militants in Syria ABC News Syria's foreign minister said Monday that the U.S.-led bombing campaign should be expanded to target other militant groups besides the Islamic State group, noting that the fight against terrorism has aligned the Syrian regime with its Western and Arab ... Syria backs global fight against Islamic State, minister tells UN Syria: US dual policy is recipe for more violence |
Bristol Post | Missing Bristol girl, 15, 'may be going to Syria' BBC News A missing teenage Somali girl from Bristol may be attempting to get to Syria, police have said. Detectives have been tracing the 15-year-old's movements from the moment she left her home to her arrival in Istanbul, Turkey. Assistant Chief Constable ... Bristol teenager heading to Syria after being radicalised, police believe Missing Bristol girl may be heading for Syria to join Islamists, say police Syria fears for missing girl, 15 |
CBC.ca | ISIS-controlled oil refineries hit by airstrikes in Syria, witness says CBC.ca A local businessman said an oil refinery in the northern Syrian town of Tel Abyad near the Turkish border was hit Sunday in an apparent airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition waging an aerial campaign against ISIS-held installations in Iraq and Syria ... |
New York Times | Refugees Flood Turkish Border as Islamic State Steps Up Attacks on Syrian Kurds New York Times The leader of the Nusra Front, a group linked to Al Qaeda, vowed Sunday to retaliate against the United States for its airstrikes in Syria. It was a shift for a group that had kept its focus on ousting Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, and ... |
Reuters | US-led raids hit grain silos in Syria, kill workers: monitor Reuters The United States has targeted Islamic State and other fighters in Syria since last week with the help of Arab allies, and in Iraq since last month. It aims to damage and destroy the bases, forces and supply lines of the al Qaeda offshoot which has ... |
The Guardian | US-led air strikes pound Isis bases in Syria The Guardian The US has been carrying out strikes in Iraq against the militant group since last month and in Syria since last week with the help of Arab allies. It aims to destroy the bases and forces of the al-Qaida offshoot that has captured large areas of both ... |
U.S.-Led Airstrikes Hit 4 Syrian Provinces, Country's Largest Gas Plant Huffington Post The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said coalition forces hit Islamic State group facilities overnight in Aleppo, Raqqa, Hassakeh and Deir el-Zour provinces. It said there were casualties, including civilians, but did not have exact ... |
Bloomberg | Asians Chase Syrian Apocalypse, Become Time Bombs Back Home Bloomberg “The fight in Syria, or the so-called struggle in Syria, is the first tweeted 'jihad,'” said Mohamed Bin Ali, vice chairman and counselor at the Religious Rehabilitation Group, a group of Islamic scholars and teachers in Singapore that counsels ... |
ISIS threat: Syrian town fears massacre as Obama admits underestimating rise CNN (CNN) -- Dozens of bombings from U.S.-led warplanes haven't stopped ISIS from advancing toward Turkey, leading one town in the path of its bloody march to fear a massacre. If ISIS manages to take over the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani, it would control ... |