05/02/2015

Damascus province: rose to 63, the number of  rockets fired by al-Islam army which fell on areas in old Damascus, al-Adwi, al-Ghasani, al-Baramka, al-Amin and al-Shaghour, near Abo Rommana, al-Mojtahed, al-Mazra’a, al-Zabltani, near…

Damascus province: 49 rockets fired by al-Islam army fell on areas in old Damascus, al-Adwi, al-Ghasani, al-Baramka, al-Amin and al-Shaghour, near Abo Rommana, al-Mojtahed, al-Mazra'a, al-Zabltani, near al-Thawra street, al-Qassa',…

Reef Dimashq province: Warplanes went in 14 air strikes around Duma and 2 air strikes on Arbin this morning, amid bombardment by regime forces on Duma, what killed a child and wounded others. Shells fell on Dahya al-Assad near Harasta, no…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The global chemical weapons watchdog on Wednesday condemned the use of chlorine as a weapon in Syria as a breach of international law and said those responsible should be brought to justice. The executive…

Agence France Presse   Gaza City, Palestinian Territories: A senior Hamas leader called Wednesday for the formation of Palestinian militant groups loyal to his Gaza-based Islamist movement in refugee camps in Lebanon and Syria for…

BEIRUT, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Islamic State has killed 50 people this year in Syria who it accused of insulting God, spying or being enemy fighters, including a Jordanian pilot it burned alive, a monitoring group said on Wednesday. The…

Agence France Presse   BEIRUT: Syrian Kurdish forces made fresh advances Wednesday near the flashpoint town of Kobani, bringing the number of villages they have recaptured from ISIS to 50, activists said. The Syrian Observatory…

The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Wednesday that the Peshmerga forces have been faced with little resistance from the Takfiri militants, recently pushed out of the strategic town across from the Turkish border.…

BY LORI HINNANT AND PAUL SCHEMM, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS In Tunis, Ghaith stands furtively on a street corner, his face masked by a hoodie, his tense eyes scanning the crowd for any hint of Islamic State militants. He…

World Bulletin / News Desk The United States and its allies staged 11 airstrikes near the Syrian city of Kobani, where Kurdish militia have been pushing back ISIS forces, and also targeted the insurgent group with six strikes in Iraq,…