17/04/2015

BY RAMI ABDURRAHMAN (OSSAMA SULEIMAN) YPG, backed by rebel battalions, could retake more than 332 villages in the areas located in the whole western countryside of the city of Ayn al- Arab “Kobani”, wide parts from the eastern…

Aleppo province: Rebels targeted regime bastions in the military academy west of Aleppo. Clashes continue between the two sides around al-Rashadia. A child and a man were killed while 8 others were wounded by 4 air strikes on al-Bab city…

Idlib province: Warplanes raided Ma'ar Tamsarin, Felon and al-Maqbala towns, what killed 4 civilians ( including 2 children ) in Ma'r Tamsrin, Explosive barrels were dropped on Maraa al-Nu'man and Korin. the number of civilians who were…

Aleppo province: 5 civilians were killed yesterday by shells fired by rebels fell on al-Khaldia neighborhood, 2 surface to surface missiles fired by regime forces targeted 2 areas in al-Kallasa and Bab Hadid, no reports of losses yet.…

Idlib province: Warplanes went in 6 air strikes on al-Arbaen mount near Ariha amid barrels bombardment on the mount. 4 explosive barrels fell on Ma'ra al-Nu'man and Khan Shekhon, explosive barrels were also fell on Saraqib, Sermen towns and…

Hama province: 10 rebel and Islamic fighters were killed by clashes against regime forces around Regime checkpoints in the northern western countryside of Hama. Warplanes raided al-Rahjan area. Clashes continued between the two sides in the…

The lack of allied forces on the ground in Syria is making it more difficult for Canadian warplanes to conduct attacks on Islamic extremists in that country. Canadian jets have not conducted any attacks in Syria since their first bombing…

Christians, like my family, have been desperately trying to smuggle themselves out of Syria as ISIS tells them to convert or die and the White House ignores their desperate plight. In 2011, I was one of a group that dreamed about living…

Once a sleepy border town, Reyhanli, Turkey, is now bursting with Syrian refugees, many of them school-age. More than a half a million Syrian refugee children are out of school, and the education crisis is fueling an epidemic of early…

UNITED NATIONS — A Monday night in March, at 8:30. The sound of helicopters, then a thud, then the smell of bleach, overpowering, followed by a surge of wounded to the local hospital. They were all short of breath. Some vomited. All reeked…