16/10/2014

US defense officials say airstrikes have killed hundreds of "Islamic State" militants in and around the Syrian town Kobani. The strikes have lifted the spirits of Kurdish fighters battling to hold the border city.…

A human rights monitoring group said more than 660 people have been killed in the month-long battle for the town of Kobani, along Syria's border with Turkey. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, with…

By: Lefteris Pitarakis The Associated Press, Published on Thu Oct 16 2014 MURSITPINAR, TURKEY—A Syrian Kurdish official called on the international community on Thursday to allow weapons into Kobani, saying…

The Daily Star DAMASCUS: A Syrian lawmaker was gunned down and killed in the restive central province of Hama, state media and officials said Wednesday in the latest assassination to target a figure linked to…

Agence France Presse BEIRUT: Syrian air raids struck targets east of Damascus and further north Thursday, killing 14 people including six children, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Ten people were killed,…

ISIS militants have reportedly publicly executed at least two of their own fighters in the Syrian city of Al-Bukamal, on charges of spying and embezzlement. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the first…

Reliable resources reported to SOHR that YPG fighters took control over the street that extends along the western area of the Security Box in the city of Kobani, while violent clashes have erupted between IS and YPG…

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria's (ISIS) main recruiters in Malaysia were among the 14 suspected militants arrested earlier this week, Malaysian authorities said late on Wednesday. The three Malaysians played different roles in …

U.S. President Barack Obama vowed to continue his country's humanitarian assistance to Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey to help those countries bear the burden imposed by the large influx of Syrian refugees. The three countries “are obviously…

As the battle for Kobani rages on Syria’s border with Turkey, a local Kurdish official says Kurds have regained some districts from the extremists thanks to U.S.-led air strikes. Idriss Nassan claims ISIL now controls less than 20…