05/12/2015

Russia is deploying its most advanced battlefield tanks in Syria, in the latest sign that the Kremlin is being forced to escalate its intervention from an air to a ground war. A report by the Iranian Fars news agency,…

Department of foreign affairs says a German court has ruled that Ashley Dyball will be deported to Australia, but will not say if any charges are to be laid   Queensland man Ashley Dyball, also known as…

Lawmakers on Friday approved plans for Germany to take on a direct role in the battle against ISIL in Syria, answering France’s appeal for help after the deadly Paris attacks. Parliament agreed to the mandate for the deployment of…

By Michael Pizzi  Friday’s decision by Germany and earlier ones by France and the United Kingdom to join the air campaign against ISIL in Syria mark the most significant sharing of a burden born principally by…

KYLE ORTON Why reliable anti-ISIS insurgents in Syria are crucial to the future of the country and the best defense against an entrenched Al-Qaeda presence In early November, the Foreign Affairs Select…

A Lebanese daily and a local Kurdish outlet allege that US technicians are supervising work on an airfield in the Hasakeh town of Rimelan. BEIRUT – The US is preparing an airbase in northeastern Syria as a conduit…

Homs Province: Violent clashes took place between the regime forces and allied militiamen against IS in al- Bayyarat area in the city of Palmyra east of Homs, accompanied by detonating a booby-trapped vehicle by IS in the area, and amid…

Hama Province: Warplanes believed Russian re-struck places in the two town of al- Latamnah and the village of al- Arba’in in the northern countryside leading to kill and wound some civilians in the village. The regime forces…

Aleppo Province:  Warplanes believed Russian struck places in the towns and villages of Zmar, Tlafeh, Tal Mamo, Hweir al- Eas, Khan Toman, Khalsah, al- Azizah, Tal Hdayyah as well as the two areas of Ikarda and Damascus – Aleppo highway…

Idlib Province: The regime warplanes hit places in the town of al- Taman’ah in the southern countryside of Idlib, no information about casualties. Other warplanes believed Russian struck places in the towns and villages of the…