07/03/2015

BEIRUT // Heavy clashes and a regime barrel bomb attack shook the Syrian city of Aleppo on Thursday, a day after rebels tried to seize an intelligence headquarters in a forceful rejection of UN ceasefire efforts. The fresh violence came…

A barrel bomb dropped by helicopter has killed at least 18 people in Syria's divided northern city of Aleppo. Further battles continue around a government intelligence headquarters targeted in a previous rebel attack. Sources in…

Spanish authorities have arrested a woman on suspicion of having attempted to join the "Islamic State." The country has arrested more than 20 people on similar charges since September. The Guardia Civil arrested a Moroccan woman…

Lattakia Province: The helicopters dropped barrel bombs on Qastal Ma’af area in the north of Lattakia with no information about casualties. They also dropped 7 barrel bombs on places in the town of Salam in the north of Lattakia,…

Al- Hasakah Province: The violent clashes between YPG, backed by al- Khabour Guards Frorces and the Syriac Military Council, and IS militants in Maghas Hill, Nasri Hill and al- Kharita in the countryside of Tal Tamer. The clashes resulted…

Deir Ezzor Province: At least 7 people, including a child, died due to aerial bombardment on al- Mahalat al- Sena’eyyi area near al- Madinah Garage in the IS- held city of al- Mayadin. Homs Province: The warplanes carried out a…

  Aleppo Province: Some shells, launched by the rebel battalions, landed on places in the regime- controlled neighborhoods of al- Hamidiyyi near al- Razi Bridge and al- Sayyed Ali as well as on places in the Nile Street leading to kill a…

Rif Dimashq Province: The warplanes carried out some raids on the outskirts of the two towns of Saqba and Marj al- Soltan in the Eastern Ghouta leading to wound some people, including children, information reported death of 2 people in…

Associated Press   UNITED NATIONS: The U.N. Security Council Friday approved a U.S.-drafted resolution that condemns the use of toxic chemicals like chlorine in Syria without assigning blame, while threatening militarily enforced…

The Western press has been busy over the last few weeks, with its repetitive if not dogmatic, biased and reductionist commentary on Mohammad Emwazi known as ‘Jihadi John’, the British Kuwaiti Muslim who has somehow ended up being an…