Reuters | Kurds Capture Military Base From ISIS In Syria Huffington Post By Tom Perry. BEIRUT, June 22 (Reuters) - Kurdish-led forces said on Monday that they had captured a military base from Islamic State in Syria's Raqqa province, advancing deeper into territory held by the group and showing new momentum after they ... Syrian Kurds, on offensive, seize military base from Islamic State Turkey Warns US About Kurdish Advances in Syria Kurdish forces make big gains on IS in Syria |
ISIS defeat could give coalition blueprint for success CNN International Tal Abyad, Syria (CNN) ISIS has been forced from one of its stronghold outposts, a key access point to its self-declared capital, where it was entrenched for two years. And the defeat along a vital stretch of terrain could be a potential blueprint for ... |
USA TODAY | Pentagon pays Syrians $400 per month to fight ISIL USA TODAY WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has begun paying modest stipends to the Syrian moderates it hopes to field in the fight against Islamic State militants, the military confirmed Monday. Training of the first group of about 90 fighters began last month. They ... |
The Guardian | Isis suspends two boys from pole in Syria for eating during Ramadan – report The Guardian Isis made two youths hang from a beam by their wrists on Monday after accusing them of eating during daylight hours in the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights said. “Residents of the village of Mayadeen in Deir Ezzor ... Islamic State 'hang' two children for not fasting during Ramadan in Syria |
Reuters | Golan Druze attack Israeli army ambulance, Syrian casualty dies Reuters The incident in the Golan village of Majdal Shams overlooking Syrian territory was the second attack by Druze on an Israeli army ambulance in less than 24 hours and underscored Druze concern for brethren caught up in Syria's civil war. Israeli Police ... Wounded Syrian killed when Druze lynch mob attacks IDF ambulance Israeli Druze alarmed by plight of their brethren in Syria Syrian military and Druze allies join forces to fend off 'terrorists' |
Jerusalem Post Israel News | Sisi expects Assad regime in Syria to fall 'at any moment' Jerusalem Post Israel News According to the newspaper 'Al-Mustaqbal', Sisi made the remarks during a meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam that took place earlier this week in Cairo. Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi inspects honor guards in Beijing. With Assad on the ropes in Syria, what's the endgame? Regime barrel bombs kill 14 in northern Syria |
BBC News | Bradford family: Vaz urges UK to 'up its game' on Syria-goers BBC News The UK must "up its game" on stopping people travelling to join Islamic State in Syria, Commons Home Affairs Committee chairman Keith Vaz has said. The British authorities need a "hotline to Istanbul" to stop people trying to cross the Turkey-Syria ... UK must tighten up response to Syria cases: MP Vaz: UK needs 'hotline' to Turkey to halt Syria crossings Police 'complicit in radicalisation' of missing sisters, claim family lawyers |
World Tribune | Military Airstrikes Hit ISIL Terrorists in Syria, Iraq Department of Defense SOUTHWEST ASIA, June 22, 2015 – U.S. and coalition military forces have continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. Officials ... Military airstrikes continue against ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq Putin vows to save Syria from 'tragic' fate of US-supported Iraq 29 airstrikes target ISIL in Syria, Iraq |
Daily Mail | ISIS have laid landmines and explosives around Palmyra, Syria Daily Mail Islamic State has proclaimed a caliphate to rule over all Muslims from territory it holds in both Syria and Iraq. Its militants have a history of carrying out mass killings in towns and cities they capture and of destroying ancient monuments which they ... Islamic State lays explosives in Syria's Palmyra ruins Islamic State crisis: 'Mines planted in Syria's Palmyra' Syrian army advances west of IS-controlled Palmyra |
Israeli Druze, alarmed by brethren's plight in Syria, ask Jewish state to help ... Minneapolis Star Tribune DALIYAT AL-KARMEL, Israel — Members of Israel's Druze minority, long among the Jewish state's most loyal citizens, have become increasingly concerned about the plight of their beleaguered brethren in neighboring Syria. Now, they are asking the state ... |