New York Times | Syrian Rebels Shell Aleppo, Killing at Least 9 ABC News Syrian rebels shelled a government-held neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo early Saturday, killing at least nine people and wounding dozens, Syrian state television and an activist group reported. Hours after the shelling, helicopter gunships ... UN Warns of Deepening Crisis in Syrian Refugee Camp Overrun by Militants UN official to visit besieged refugee camp in Syria Rebels in Syria bombard government-held part of Aleppo |
ABC Online | Syria forces repel IS attack on airport, 35 killed ABC Online About 35 people have been killed in fighting between Syrian pro-government forces and suspected Islamic State militants at a strategically important military airport in Syria's south, opposition activists say. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights ... 35 dead as Syria forces repel IS attack on airport: monitor 35 killed as Syria forces repel IS attack on airbase Pro-government forces repel ISIL attack on Syria airport |
Reuters | Syrian Kurds battle Islamic State in northeast Reuters BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least two dozen Islamic State fighters have been killed in northeastern Syria in a battle with Kurdish forces supported by U.S.-led air strikes, a Kurdish official and a group monitoring the war said on Saturday. Ten members of ... |
Arab News | US, allies conduct air strikes in Syria and Iraq: US military Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.-led forces have targeted Islamic State militants with eight air strikes in Syria and nine in Iraq since early on Friday, the U.S. military said on Saturday. In Syria, the air strikes hit Islamic State positions near Al ... US, allies conduct air raids in Syria, Iraq US Military: US, allies conduct air strikes in Syria and Iraq Unidentified all-female brigade emerges in Syria 'calling for equality' |
Newsweek | From Goalkeeper to Insurgent: 'Return to Homs' Risks All on Syria's Frontline Newsweek How does one of the Middle East's best-known soccer stars, the self-professed second-best goalkeeper in Asia, become a leader in the Syrian revolution? Return to Homs, a new film by Damascus-born director Talal Derki, follows his journey and Syria's ... |
Rudaw | Thousand Russians joined ISIS to fight in Iraq,Syria Rudaw MOSCOW — A senior Russian intelligence official on Friday warned of the potential influence of the Islamic State group inside Russia, primarily among the Muslims in the North Caucasus provinces. Russian federal forces have fought two separatist wars ... |
Telegraph.co.uk | Video shows female jihadists demanding equality with men in Syria Telegraph.co.uk A video has been posted online showing what seems to be a group of independent female jihadists training with Kalashnikov guns in Syria. The video was shot in northern Syria outside of the Church of Saint Simeon and shows women - who belong to the ... All-female jihadi group emerges in Syria Mysterious brigade of all-female jihadists demanding equality with men emerges ... Chilling new video shows women jihadis firing machine guns in Syria |
The Hindu | The struggle for Syria The Hindu Inexplicable is the fate of Syria. Its ongoing conflict has claimed the lives of more than 2,00,000 people and sent 16 million Syrians out of their homes. A donor's conference for the humanitarian crisis in Kuwait raised $3.8 billion, less than half of ... Syria: Al Qaeda Seeks “Consultations” to Rule Newly Seized City. “Democratic ... Secret documents show Syria spied on Turkish army |
Newsweek | Syria Offers to Arm Yarmouk's Palestinian Refugees to Fight ISIS Newsweek The camp, where the Syrian and Palestinian population has shrunk from 150,000 to approximately 16,000 during the four-year-long Syrian civil war, was last week overrun by ISIS who took “large part” of the encampment, amid clashes with a Palestinian ... Crisis in Palestinian Camp in Syria Has Worsened Since ISIS Invasion, UN Says Syria: Besieged Yarmouk refugee camp a test for international community Refugee camp captures the horror of Syria |
The Guardian | Syria, Assad and what the west must do now The Guardian Residents of the besieged Yarmouk refugee camp near Damascus, Syria, queue to receive food supplies. 'In the last week, the suffering of the remaining inhabitants of Yarmouk has been compounded by the incursion of the brutal extremist group Isis ... PLO says against Syrian army drive to regain Yarmouk camp from militants Palestinians 'agree to Syrian action' in Yarmouk Isis senses chance to make territorial gains in Syria |