February 2015

Al-Qaeda's Syria affiliate on Saturday drove US-backed rebels out of a strategic northern military base in fierce fighting that left dozens dead, a monitor said. At least 29 fighters from the Western-armed Hazm movement were killed along…

Agence France Presse   BEIRUT: Al-Qaeda's Syria affiliate on Saturday drove U.S.-backed rebels out of a strategic northern military base in fierce fighting that left dozens dead, activists said. At least 29 fighters from the…

The Daily Star   BEIRUT: Hundreds of Assyrians marched in Downtown Beirut Saturday in solidarity with their brethren abducted by ISIS in Syria earlier this week. The marchers chanted slogans in their native language and carried…

DAMASCUS, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The court of the Islamic State (IS) militant group on Saturday exonerated 29 Christian Assyrians kidnapped earlier this week in northern Syria, a monitoring group reported. The IS court decided to release…

  YPG, backed by al- Sanadid Army, which belongs to the governor of the district of al- Jazira “Hamidi Daham al- Hadi, have almost fully seized the town of Tal Brak after violent clashes since yesterday with IS militants in the town…

Al- Hasakah Province: Clashes are taking place in Tal al- Brak town between IS and YPG supported by al- Sanadid Army, which belongs to the governor of the district of al- Jazira “Hamidi Daham al- Hadi. An IS militant blew himself up in a…

Violent clashes taking place between YPG backed by al-Sanadid army against the IS around Tal Brak town west of Tal Hamis, after the first party advanced in Tal Hamis, A fighter from the IS detonated himself in a car in the town, no reports…

DAVID HANSON   This Thursday marks the first anniversary of the Government finally accepting the call from Labour, and thousands of campaigners, to accept the most vulnerable Syrian refugees. The people of Britain have…

BY KIERAN GUILBERT LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Governments are failing to protect millions of civilians from violence by states and armed groups, Amnesty International said on Wednesday, describing the global response…

Obama has no long-term strategy for combating the Islamic State group. By Peter Roff The politicians in Washington for whom President Barack Obama sets both the tone and tempo are talking too much about world events…