Actor volunteering with Kurdish fighters in Syria appeals for help fighting ISIS CNN Speaking to CNN from Rojava, a Kurdish enclave in northern Syria, Enright said the Kurdish forces had the heart and will to fight but needed more air support to cut off ISIS supply routes. The actor left Los Angeles in March for Syria, traveling via ... |
BBC News | American fighting with Kurds in Syria killed in ISIS battle Fox News Keith Broomfield of Massachusetts died June 3 in a battle in the Syrian village of Qentere, which is near the border town of Kobani, said Nasser Haji, an official with a group of Kurdish fighters known as the YPG. He had joined the YPG on Feb. 24 under ... UK fighter returns from Syria after IS fight American Keith Broomfield killed fighting against ISIS in Syria American Keith Broomfield killed fighting ISIS in Syria |
Yahoo News | Moderate rebels take key southern base in Syria, dealing blow to Assad Washington Post BEIRUT — Rebels announced the capture of a strategic army base in southern Syria on Tuesday, the latest of several sweeping offensives by forces battling President Bashar al-Assad. A coalition of moderate rebel factions known as the Southern Front ... Syrian rebel forces seize major military base from government Syria conflict: Rebels seize major army base in Deraa Syria rebels overrun key army base in new regime setback |
Yahoo News | Hezbollah announces battle with IS on Syria-Lebanon border Yahoo News Beirut (AFP) - The head of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement announced Wednesday that the powerful Shiite militia had begun to fight the Islamic State jihadist group along the rugged Syrian-Lebanese border. Hezbollah battling IS on Syria-Lebanon border, Nasrallah says Hezbollah, Syria seize control of Blocksat heights Hezbollah Repels IS Attack on Lebanon-Syria Border |
Yahoo! Maktoob News | Thousands flee into Turkey from Syria as Kurds fight Islamic state Yahoo! Maktoob News AKCAKALE, Turkey/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Thousands of people fled from Syria into Turkey on Wednesday as moderate rebels and Kurdish forces fought Islamic State insurgents holding the Syrian border town of Tel Abyad. A Reuters photographer at the ... Islamic State: Thousands flee into Turkey from Syria as Kurds fight Islamist ... |
New York Times | Conflicts in Syria and Region Take Toll on Jordan's Tourism New York Times The 160-acre site has been one of Jordan's main tourist attractions, and a sustainable long-term source of revenue. But it is just 20 miles from the border with Syria, where a civil war has been raging for four years — and the region's conflicts are ... |
UN News Centre | In Geneva, UN envoy meets Syria stakeholders amid ongoing consultations UN News Centre 10 June 2015 – The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria is continuing a series of critical meetings with Syrian and international stakeholders as part of the ongoing Geneva Consultations and in an effort to find a political solution to the country's ... UN extends Syria negotiations in Geneva until July UN's Syria Envoy Extends Talks Until July UN extends Syria civil war negotiations in Geneva until July |
Telegraph.co.uk | Removing Assad is the best way to defeat Isil in Syria Telegraph.co.uk According to Downing Street sources, dinner on the final night of the summit at the Bavarian resort of Schloss Elmau was dominated by discussion of the deepening crisis in Syria and Iraq. One of the ideas actively being mooted, apparently, is that ... Another clear sign the Assad regime is getting desperate Iran denies sending troops to defend Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria Iran Moves Into Syria, Reportedly Executes Syrian Military Commanders |
9news.com.au | Islamic State blows up Syria gas pipeline to capital Damascus 9news.com.au Jihadists from the Islamic State group have blown up a pipeline feeding natural gas from eastern Syria to the suburbs of the capital Damascus. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says IS blew up the pipeline near the T-4 military airport in the ... IS blows up Syria gas pipeline serving capital: monitor ISIS blows up Syria gas pipeline serving capital: activists Islamic State blows up natural gas pipeline serving Syria's capital Damascus |
Yahoo News | French mother sues government for letting son join Syria jihad Yahoo News A recent convert to Islam, he took a plane to Turkey before continuing by land to Syria. His mother, who spoke to him recently by phone, says he is still there. The family's lawyer, Samia Maktouf, said Turkey was "notorious as the route to enter Syria". French government accused of negligence over teens' Syria trips French mother sues government for failing to stop son go to Syria for jihad |