27/08/2015

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters seized five villages from rebel forces in Syria’s northern Aleppo province overnight and entered the outskirts of a key opposition bastion there, a monitor said on Aug. 27. The…

Deir Ezzor Province: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights was informed that the "Islamic state" "crucified" 3 citizens from Al-Asharah town in the countryside of  Deir Ezzor within a "metal cage" in al-Jerdaq Square in al-Mayadin city…

Rif Dimashq Province: clashes continued between the rebel and Islamic factions against the regime forces and the militiamen loyal to them in the vicinity of Darayya city in the Western Ghouta, in conjunction with continued mutual…

Idlib Province: It rose to two the raids carried out by the warplanes on areas in Jesr al-Shoghour city, which led to the destruction of the properties of the citizens, no information about casualties. Hama Province: The…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel did something really good this week: Her country will now allow Syrian refugees, who normally would be deported back to wherever they first entered the European Union, to stay and apply for asylum. Thousands…

Aleppo Province: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights received a copy of a video showing fighters in Mare’ area in  the northern countryside of Aleppo, and they are capturing one of the wounded members of the "Islamic state", which is…

Islamic State has seized new territory from Syrian rebels in northern Syria, advancing in an area where Turkey and the United States are planning to open a new front against the group in coordination with insurgents on the ground. The…

Rif Dimashq Province: The warplanes carried out 2 raids on the city of Harasta in the Eastern Ghouta with no information about victims. Hama Province: The warplanes carried out 2 raids on places near al- Barakah…

A recent front-page photo in The New York Times of a boatload of Syrian refugees drifting on the Mediterranean Sea beneath an enormous setting sun could not have been more apt. The sun seems to be setting on Syria itself. In the words of…

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has seized five villages from Syrian rebels in northern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Thursday, advancing in an area where Turkey and the United States are planning to open…