23/01/2015

  Rif Dimashq Province: The government warplanes carried out several raids on areas on the town Hammoreyya in the Eastern Ghota killing 32 people at least, including 6 children. The death toll is expected to rise because there are dozens…

BEIRUT – At least 20 people have been killed in airstrikes carried out by the government forces in the Syrian provinces of Aleppo and Homs, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Thursday. The forces, loyal to President…

AVON PARK — As the Navy F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet roars 11,000 feet overhead awaiting instructions for dropping a 500-pound bomb on an enemy anti-aircraft battery, Dutch army Capt. Nico Schoone scans the target then consults “the…

Why is America's ISIS strategy in Syria all about bombing the hell out of Kobani? —By Jenna McLaughlin During his State of the Union speech Tuesday night, President Barack Obama announced that the US military is…

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said two children were among the dead   Beirut: Thirteen people were killed in Syrian government raids using barrel bombs dropped by helicopter on a rebel-held area of central Homs province, a…

By Reuters | Jerusalem Israel warned Lebanon and Syria on Friday not to allow any attacks on Israel from their soil, hoping to avoid reprisals for an Israeli air strike in Syria that killed an Iranian general and senior Hezbollah fighters.…

TOKYO — Making a desperate plea for her son’s life, the elderly mother of one of two Japanese hostages held by the Islamic State militant group told his kidnappers on Friday that he was not an enemy of Islam. Junko Ishido, the mother of…

BAALBEK, Lebanon: Lebanon's Army commander Friday warned jihadis against tempering with the country's stability as clashes continued between troops and Islamist militants near the northern Bekaa Valley border town of Ras Baalbek.…

Michael Young| The Daily Star   In his State of the Union address Tuesday, U.S. President Barack Obama mentioned Syria only twice. On both occasions he did so in the context of the American-led battle against ISIS. No mention was…

Aleppo province: Clashes took place between regime forces backed by Hezbollah and non-Syrian fighters against Islamic battalions and Jabhat al-Nusra in Hendarat and Seifat and in al-Mallah north of Aleppo, what killed 7 soldiers in regime…