January 2015

NICOSIA — Islamic rebels have conducted one of their biggest rocket attacks in Syria. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported Islamic militia attacks on at least three major Syrian cities. The British-based opposition group said…

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States said Monday the battle for control of the Syrian town of Kobane was continuing, despite claims by Kurdish leaders that their forces have recaptured the area from Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)…

(Reuters) - Turkey opened its biggest refugee camp on Sunday to house 35,000 people fleeing fighting between Kurdish forces and Islamist militants in Syria's Kobani, national disaster management agency AFAD said. Located in the…

By Anna Malpas Syrian opposition figures have met in Moscow as part of a new Russia-coordinated bid to wind down the war in Syria, but there is little hope of a breakthrough. The main opposition group, the exiled National Coalition, has…

As if the Syria and Iraq conflicts weren't bad enough, here's some more alarming news: the influx of foreign fighters, which is to say foreigners volunteering to fight for Sunni militant groups such as ISIS or al-Qaeda, has reached an…

Daraa Province: The number of people who died in the city of Daraa city has risen to 15, including 15 fighters died in clashes with the regime forces in the countryside of Daraa.   The helicopters dropped 2 barrel bombs on areas in…

  Hama Province: The regime forces shelled areas in the town of Allatamneh in the north of Hama.   The helicopters dropped 2 barrel bombs on areas in the town of Allatamneh.   Homs Province: A man and his grandson died due to…

BY ADAM ENTOUS HATAY, Turkey—It didn’t take long for rebel commanders in Syria who lined up to join a Central Intelligence Agency weapons and training program to start scratching their heads. After the program was launched…

Rif Dimashq Province: The warplanes carried out some raids on areas in the city of Doma in the Eastern Ghouta.   The regime forces launched a raid on people’s houses in the village of Kfayyar Yabous.   A man from the town of…

Daesh radio confirmed on Sunday that its terrorists have executed Japanese security contractor Haruna Yukawa, following the release of a video announcing the hostage's death, according to AFP.  "The Islamic State has carried out its…