Aljazeera.com | 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 Syrian rebels seize major army base in Deraa Syria conflict: Rebels seize major army base in Deraa |
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 families accuse government of negligence over teens' trips to Syria to ... French mother sues government for failing to stop son go to Syria for jihad |
Jerusalem Post Israel News | Hezbollah repels ISIS attack on Lebanon-Syria border Fox News BEIRUT – Hezbollah gunmen repelled an attack Tuesday by Islamic State group fighters in an area on the Lebanon-Syria border as a major battle between the two groups looms in the rugged mountainous region, the Lebanese group's TV station reported. Hezbollah repels IS attack on Lebanon-Syria border |
Daily Beast | Turkey's Syria Policy Ain't Gonna Change Daily Beast Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has been an outspoken advocate for the use of military force to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Since severing ties with the Syrian regime in September 2011, Ankara has been a critical ... US-Turkey dispute on Syria to persist after Erdogan setback No more govt. support for terrorists in Syria: Turkish opposition US-Turkey dispute on Syria to persist after Erdoğan setback |
The Courier-Journal | Another clear sign Assad is getting desperate to hold on in Syria Business Insider Assad Syria ReutersA fighter loyal to Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad hangs his picture as fellow fighters rest by a Syrian national flag after gaining control of the area in Deir al-Adas, a town south of Damascus, Daraa countryside on February 10, 2015. Ex-ambassador to Syria criticizes US actions Capitalizing on the Syrian War: Israeli Politician Says Syria “No Longer Exists” Syrian rebels parade the severed heads of their defeated ISIS enemies |
expressandstar.com | Three Held Over Syria-Related Terror Offences Sky News Three Held Over Syria-Related Terror Offences. The suspects are detained by officers from West Midlands counter-terrorism unit in an early morning operation. 13:35, UK, Tuesday 09 June 2015. Terror arrests. Police search a terraced house in Walsall. Three held in Walsall over Syria-related terrorism offences Three from Walsall arrested on suspicion of Syria related terrorism offences Walsall terror arrests: Three detained on suspicion of Syria-related terrorism ... |
Yahoo News | Syria conflict: 'Dozens die' in government air strikes BBC News At least 49 civilians, including six children, have been killed in air strikes by government forces in north-western Syria, activists say. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that missiles had hit a public square in the rebel-held ... Activists Say US-Led Coalition Airstrike Kills 7 in Syria At least 49 dead in Syria regime raid in Idlib province: monitor Family with five children 'killed in US-led airstrikes' in northern Syria |
Al-Bawaba | Syria conflict: Will Aleppo fall to Islamic State? BBC News There are growing fears that Syria's second city, Aleppo, could be taken over by Islamic State (IS) as fighting to the north between government and rebel forces intensifies. With the military being driven out of the adjacent province of Idlib by a ... US-led coalition hits Daesh stronghold in Syria Girls traded by ISIL for as little as pack of cigarettes: UN |
UPI.com | Rights group: More than 300000 people killed in Syria since 2011 UPI.com Fighters from a coalition of rebel groups called "Jaish al Fateh", also known as "Army of Fatah" (Conquest Army), are seen during the fighting with the Syrian regime Army, near Psoncol town an attempt to take control of it, in the Idlib countryside ... More than 230000 killed in Syria conflict: activists Over 230000 Killed in Syria Since 2011 More than 230000 killed in Syria conflict: monitor |
Senate Panel Denounces 'War Crimes' in Syria ABC News The bill denounces the use of chemical weapons, the targeting of civilian populations with barrel and cluster bomb and missiles and what it says are "gross human rights violations" carried out by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad and ... |