19/02/2015

WASHINGTON — Robert Ford was always one of the Syrian rebels’ loudest cheerleaders in Washington, agitating from within a reluctant administration to arm vetted moderates to fight President Bashar Assad’s government. In recent weeks,…

More than 500 refugees from Syria's bloody civil war have already been resettled in the United States, and U.S. officials and members of Congress are becoming increasingly worried that jihadis linked to the ISIS terror army could slip into…

BEIRUT -- Syrian government forces backed by Lebanese Hezbollah fighters captured several villages near Aleppo in heavy fighting Tuesday that left more than 100 dead on both sides, bringing them closer to their goal of besieging rebel-held…

DAMASCUS: Syrian government troops began a new offensive around Aleppo on Tuesday, seeking to encircle rebels in the northern city and break the siege on two pro-regime villages.   The offensive comes the same day that UN peace envoy…

Turkey (CAM) — A Turkish ministry at a tent camp  gives life-saving aid to those who fled Islamic State (ISIS) crimes against humanity in Syria and Iraq–a miniscule fraction of the total aid needed in the region, but it means everything to…

By Frank Gormlie / OB Rag In international news, the recent liberation of the Syrian city of Kobani from the control of Islamic State (ISIS) fighters by Syrian Kurd rebels was a little reported story which popped up briefly for its 15…

BY JACK MOORE AND MUTLU CIVIROGLU While Syrian-Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) fighters and Kurdish civilians celebrate the liberation of Kobane from ISIS after a four-month assault, many of the city’s war-weary citizens…

The Syrian government has agreed to suspend airstrikes and artillery shelling on Aleppo for six weeks to see if a ceasefire is workable in the city, according to the United Nations envoy to Syria. Staffan de Mistura was briefing the…

Der-Ezzor province: regime forces bombarded areas around the military airport, and opened its heavy machine gun fire on areas in the city. the NDF attacked Shepherds in the western Badia of Der-Ezzor what killed 1 shepherd, confirmed…

Battles in and around the Syrian city of Aleppo have killed at least 70 pro-government fighters and more than 80 insurgents after the army launched an offensive there, a monitoring group said on Feb. 18. The army backed by allied…