December 2014

"Islamic State" (IS) has executed 100 of its own foreign fighters for trying to flee from Raqqa, the extremist group’s headquarters in Syria, the Financial Times has reported. Four hundred have reportedly been arrested. An…

By Staff writer | Al Arabiya News Friday, 19 December 2014 Fighters from the Nusra Front, Al-Qaeda’s Syria branch, seized dozens of tanks and armored personnel carriers from the army when they took two regime bases this week, AFP quoted…

By Staff writer | Al Arabiya News Saturday, 20 December 2014 Iraqi Kurdish forces pressed on with a vast operation to wrest back swathes of land from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Iraq, including sending scouts into the…

SOHR was informed that the IS arrested 20 civilians after they tried to prevent al-Hesba forces from detaining a woman yesterday in the charge of " not covering her face ". A man from Mohasan city died by regime's bombardment on the city…

Reliable sources reported to SOHR that YPG gained control on the cultural center street after its attack on the cultural center yesterday what makes the cultural center completely under siege by YPG, but it wasn't able to break into the…

SHOR was informed that YPG have taken over 8 villages on the border line between Iraq and Syria in al-Ya'rubia countryside after violent clashes against ISIS led to death of fighters from both sides.

Idlib Province: Cross- cutting sources informed SOHR that the Nusra Front and Islamic factions seized 2 million liters of fuel in the key base of Wadi al- Deif after they took control over it 5 days ago, where the regime elements escaped to…

The United Nations is seeking more than $8.4 billion for next year to help nearly 18 million people affected by the war in Syria. The U.N. high commissioner for refugees, Antonio Guterres, said Thursday that people who have been…

It will take at least three years for the U.S.-led coalition to reach a turning point against ISIL militants inIraq and Syria, the general in charge of the combined task force said Thursday. Lt. Gen. James Terry, the commander of the…

The U.S. Treasury Department said Wednesday that it would impose new sanctions "on those supporting the Syrian regime’s procurement of specialty fuels and base oil used in its military campaign against the Syrian people." The…