Aljazeera.com | US-led strikes 'kill dozens' of ISIL fighters in Syria Aljazeera.com At least 32 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters have been killed in apparent US-led coalition raids, as Syria's President Bashar al-Assad slammed Britain's decision to join the fight. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human ... Bashar Assad: British airstrikes in Syria 'will fail' British strikes in Syria illegal, play into terrorists' hands – Assad 32 IS fighters dead in US-led Syria raids, Assad slams UK vote |
Los Angeles Times | How does Islamic State make money off oil fields in Syria and Iraq? Los Angeles Times Russia has accused Turkey and its president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, of colluding with the militant group Islamic State in an industrial-scale, illegal oil trade. The charges, leveled this week amid escalating tensions between Turkey and Russia ... RAF completes second wave of bombing raids on Isis targets in Syria Syria air strikes: RAF jets in second wave of strikes Military Strikes Strike ISIL Terrorists in Syria, Iraq |
Reuters | At least 32 Islamic State fighters killed in strikes in Syria's Raqqa: monitor Reuters BEIRUT At least 32 Islamic State fighters were killed and 40 more wounded in Syria's Raqqa province on Sunday, in a series of air strikes believed to be carried out by a U.S.-led coalition targeting the jihadists, a monitoring group said. More than 15 ... Syria conflict: Raqqa air strikes 'kill 32 IS militants' Dozens of Isis fighters killed in US-led Syria airstrikes, monitors say Islamic State's de facto capital in Syria hit by airstrikes |
The Guardian | London tube attack: MP warns against linking it with Syria airstrikes vote The Guardian The chairman of the parliamentary Labour party has said it would be dangerous to link the “barbaric” knife attack on the London underground with the decision by parliament to sanction airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria. As some anti-war ... Knifeman screams 'this is for Syria' in Tube station tube 'machete' attack London subway attacker shouted 'This is for Syria' during stabbing: reports Arrest ... The knife-wielding man is apprehended by London police |
Austrian police detain Swedish teen on her way to Syria Jerusalem Post Israel News VIENNA - Austrian police have detained a 17-year-old Swedish girl who said she was on her way to Syria and is suspected of planning to join Islamist militants there, a Vienna police spokesman said on Sunday. The parents of the girl, who has no previous ... |
Syria slams Turkey over troop deployment in Iraq Reuters The Syrian foreign ministry joined the row, saying in a statement that it "condemns the flagrant Turkish violation of Iraqi territory, which comes as a continuation of the destructive role (Ankara) is playing against Syria and Iraq". The statement was ... |
Los Angeles Times | Sending special forces to Iraq and Syria is a quiet — and important — shift ... Los Angeles Times The Obama administration quietly announced a significant new escalation in its war against Islamic State last week: It's deploying U.S. special operations troops on the ground in Iraq and Syria to go after leaders of the Islamist movement. The ... |
Yahoo News | Syria's divided opposition seeks to unify stance Yahoo News Dubai (AFP) - Syrian opposition groups are set to gather in Saudi Arabia Tuesday to unify their stance ahead of potential talks with the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, whose fate remains a point of contention. Saudi Arabia says it will host Syria opposition meet on Tuesday The Syrian Knot |
The Guardian | Ashley Dyball, Australian who fought against Isis in Syria, released after return The Guardian A Queensland man who fought against Islamic State in Syria has arrived back in Australia and is understood to have been released without charge after police interviewed him at Melbourne airport. Ashley Dyball, 23, was deported from Germany on Saturday ... Anti-Islamic State fighter Ashley Dyball arrives back in Australia, family ... |
Huffington Post | Iran's Fighters Dying in Syria- IRGC's Character Huffington Post The number of Iranian fighters dying in Syria has reportedly risen in recent weeks. Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency reported that several members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) were among the fighters killed in the northern ... The real shadow over Syria is cast by the mullahs of Iran Advisor to Iran's top leader calls fate of Syria's Assad a 'red line' |