10/03/2015

Embroiled in dissent, defections and setbacks on the battlefield, the Islamic State (IS) is beset with internal crisis, an expert has said. Lina Khatib, director of the CarnegieMiddle East Centre in Beirut, said that the "key challenge"…

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad said his country and North Korea are under scrutiny because of their "real independence." Citing Assad, who on Sunday hosted a delegation from Pyongyang headed by North Korean Vice Minister of Foreign…

(Reuters) - At least nine members of Islamic State were killed during infighting in northwestern Syria after some of them tried to flee over the Turkish border, a group monitoring the conflict said on Monday. The fighters clashed on…

Damascus Province: The regime forces shelled areas in al- Yarmuk Camp leading to kill some persons, including a commander in the Nusra Front, and initial information about death of more members in the Nusra Front.   Clashes took place…

Homs Province: The regime forces shelled areas in the city of Talbisah and village al- Sa’en in the northern countryside of Homs.   Clashes took place between the regime forces and allied militiamen against IS personals in the area…

Aleppo Province: Clashes had taken place between the regime forces supported by al- Baath battalions against the rebel and Islamic battalions in al- Sabe’ Bahrat neighborhood in the Old Aleppo.   A man died due to fall of a shell…

Al- Quneitera Province: The helicopters dropped barrel bombs on places in the village of al- Allan with no information about casualties.   Daraa Province: Clashes had taken place between the regime forces and allied militiamen against…

Al- Raqqa Province: IS militants whipped 3 men in al- Tabaqa area in the west of the province of al- Raqqa for “perjury”, where IS made them carrying banners written on them “false witnesses in the Islamic Court in al- Tabaqa” in front of…

About 95 people, including at least 30 YPG fighters, could escape from an IS prison in the city of al- Bab in the northeast of Aleppo. The sources reported that the city is witnessing alert by IS members, where they used loudspeakers to say…