Syria army pushes ISIL back from ancient Palmyra
Syrian opposition activists confirmed that militants withdrew from a government building they had seized in the northern part of the town on Saturday, as clashes between the two sides continued. Dozens of people were killed although fears for the world .
Expanding US Strikes to ISIS in Syria, Has Obama Opened.
U.S. Central Command says Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates had either taken part or supported the strikes against the Islamic State, which has seized swaths of Syria and Iraq.. To talk more about the U.S.-led strikes in Syria, were joined by two guests: Vijay Prashad, professor of international studies at Trinity College, and Medea Benjamin is with us from Washington, D.C., just back from the Flood Wall Street protest in New York.
Its High Time the U.S. Imposed a No-Fly Zone Over Northern Syria
And the rate of the regimes airstrikes is increasing, prompting rising fury among Syrian rebels and civilians living ��� subsisting may be a more appropriate word ��� in Aleppo at not only Syrian President Bashar al Assad for the air raids but at the.
Islamic State Militants Seize Christians, Villages in Northeast Syria
Kurdish forces have been fighting Islamic State for more than a year in Hasakah province and Mondays incursion opened a new battlefront in a previously calm part of the province. The latest offensive comes in the wake of Islamic States defeat in.
Islamic State seizes town of Palmyra in Syria - Peak Oil News
It was unclear by nightfall how close to Palmyras famed archaeological site the militants had advanced, activists said, adding that Syrian soldiers were seen fleeing the area. The ruins at Palmyra are one of the worlds most��.
Jihadists kill dozens of captured Syrian soldiers | 89.3 KPCC
US and World. The Islamic State group killed more than 160 Syrian government troops seized in recent fighting, posting pictures Thursday of terrified young conscripts stripped down to their underwear before meeting their deaths in the arid Syrian countryside.. While the videos could not be independently confirmed by the AP, they appeared to illustrate the claims made online by the Islamic State group and Syrian opposition activists about the mass killing. There was��.
US special forces kill senior Isil leader Abu Sayyaf in rare Syria raid
���The operation represents another significant blow to Isil [Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant],��� said Ash Carter, the US defence secretary. ���It is another reminder that. of Islam in the 7th century. Destroying the site would be more than a.
Irans Kurds rise up as their leaders remain divided
But while the Kurds in Turkey, Syria and Iraq make international headlines with their successful campaign against the Islamic State (IS), the plight of their Iranian brethren has gone largely unnoticed. That was. Amid all the chest thumping over.
Catastrophe in Yarmouk as ISIS seizes camp | The.
Tayseer Abu Baker, head of the Palestinian Liberation Front in Syria, part of the Palestine Liberation Organization, told Reuters over the phone that Islamic State had killed 21 people including fighters and civilians since Friday. ���Some families are. Jafra stated. The following day, ISIS entered the camp from the east, and, in coordination with Jabhat al-Nusra, was able to control more than half the camp as Aknaf Beit al-Maqdis consolidated its positions in Yarmouk.
Some signs of tension emerge among Islamic State militants.
BEIRUT (AP) - As the Islamic State group tries to expand and take root across the Middle East, it is struggling in Syria - part of its heartland - where it has stalled or even lost ground while fighting multiple enemies on several fronts. Signs of tension and power struggles. But it was in the Syrian town of Kobani that the Islamic State suffered its worst single loss - more than 1,000 militants killed - and much of its heavy weaponry and vehicles destroyed. The January defeat��.
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Homs governor Talal Barazzi told The Associated Press earlier that Islamic State militants infiltrated overnight into some districts in the northern part of Palmyra, adding that there were ongoing street battles and snipers in the��.
Insight - Assad, under pressure, may need his friends more than ever
Reuters/Reuters - Smoke rises after what activists said was due to airstrikes by forces loyal to Syrias President Bashar al-Assad in Erbeen in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta May 17, 2015. REUTERS/Yaseen ���more. Today, as Hezbollah plants its.
US Encouragement of Fanatic Islamism in the Arab World
A beautiful essay posted on Medium.com, entitled ���A Marine in Syria: Silhouettes of Beauty and Coexistence before the Devastation��� by Brad Huff, draws our attention to what for the warmongers in Washington is a highly inconvenient truth: the secular .
One Thousand US Troops to Train Syrian ���Moderate.
More than 400 trainers would start deploying in the next four to six weeks, backed by a similar number of support troops that will provide help with logistics, communications and intelligence, he said. The total.. which provides details, confirmed by Defense officials, that US troops will be training Syrian ���rebels��� out of sites in Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar, as ��� part of the overall campaign to defeat the Islamic State militants who seized large swaths of Syria and Iraq.
Islamic State kills 150 captured troops in Syria, say activists.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said many of the soldiers killed were rounded up on Wednesday in the arid countryside near the Tabqa airfield, three days after Islamic State fighters seized the base. The government troops. A video showing the same also emerged online, followed by another video posted later showing more than 150 men lying motionless ��� apparently dead ��� in a row in the sand. While the videos could. Most popular in US��.
A garden grows amid the daily dangers of a siege in Syria
When the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Jabhat Al-Nusra (the Nusra Front) swept in and seized control of Yarmouk last month, they were fighting people who had been under siege by Syrian President Bashar al-Assads regime for more than .
Iraqi and Shiite Forces Seize Large Parts of Tikrit From Islamic State
BAGHDAD ��� Iraqi security forces and allied Shiite militias seized large parts of Tikrit on Tuesday, amid reports that most of the Islamic State militants battling to hold the city had begun retreating, security officials said. The progress came after.
Saving a Coastline with Surfing
Then he makes a bunch of money and gets involved with some kind of cause because it makes sense for his portfolio. Which is fine... Obama administration officials have chalked up a win with Friday nights U.S. Army Delta Force strike deep into the.
Syrian Activists Decry US Dropping Grisly Anti-Islamic State.
Islamic State Seizes Control of Ramadi to Claim Major Victory in Iraq Preview Image. The United States military is not only dropping bombs over Raqqa, but also a gruesome cartoon warning Syrians against the danger of joining the ranks of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS), of which the Syrian city has become the. And it is a damning indictment of the Pentagons approach to countering ISIS overall ��� short-sighted, naive, and little more than an afterthought..
In Syria, Fluid Loyalties Complicate US Efforts
Four years ago, Syrias president launched a crackdown on demonstrators protesting his authoritarian rule. Today, the crisis in Syria has evolved into a proxy war involving Iran and the Gulf States, the U.S. and Russia, Sunni and Shiites. It is being.
Islamic State captures 16 villages in northern Syria
. fears of retribution by the extremists sweeping through the area, activists said. For more than a year, the Islamic State group and Kurdish militias have been locked in a fierce fight in several pockets of northern Syria where large Kurdish.
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ISIS SEIZES CONTROL OF IRAQI CITY OF RAMADI: Islamic State seized control of the capital of Iraqs largest province, killing hundreds of government forces and dealing a crushing setback to U.S.-backed efforts to halt the spread of the extremist group.
Islamic State kills over 150 captured Syrian troops - Ya Libnan
The Islamic State group killed more than 150 troops captured in recent fighting for a string of military bases in northeastern Syria, shooting some and slashing others with knives in the past 24 hours in the latest mass killing attributed to the. USA Today/AP. Filed Under: World News. 5thDrawer. Rage is on. Everything is heating up, including the planet. Tribalism has never been this bad. Shirdel2142. Animals all of them,soon they will to meet there maker. ���. Animals��.
Analysis: Ghost Soldiers, Ineffective Strikes Allow ISIS to Seize Ramadi
The fall of Iraqs Ramadi to ISIS was Baghdads worst military disaster and the most damaging setback for the U.S. strategy to defeat the extremists in almost a year. Lawmaker Hanin Qadoo called the weekend seizure of the city just 70 miles west of.
Islamic State in Syria abducts at least 150 Christians: Activists
The State Department said hundreds of others remain trapped in villages surrounded by Islamic State fighters in violence that has displaced more than 3,000 people. ���ISILs latest targeting of a religious minority is only further��.
U.S.-Led Warplanes Strike Fighters Attacking Syria Town.
U.S.-led coalition warplanes struck Islamic State fighters in Syria attacking a town near the Turkish border for the first time Saturday, as well as positions in the countrys east, activists and a Kurdish official said. The Islamic��.
Islamic State Militants Seize Christians, Villages in.
BEIRUT���Islamic State militants seized a string of Christian villages in northeastern Syria and kidnapped scores of civilians, according to human-rights groups and local residents. The kidnappings in. Kurdish forces have been fighting Islamic State for more than a year in Hasakah province and Mondays incursion opened a new battlefront in a previously calm part of the province. The latest. Iraqi Christians Writing in April in USA Today about the murder��� 18 May��.
Activists: Islamic State seizes more than half of Syria
Islamic State extremists have seized more than half of Syria after taking full control of the town of Palmyra and its ancient ruins, activists said Thursday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the extremists had seized more than.
Activists cite civilian casualties as airstrikes heat up
Airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State tore into parts of Syria on Monday, with one human rights group saying there were civilian casualties. The Syrian Observatory. The Islamic State militants, seizing the opportunity.
Dont believe the U.S. military when it says it doesnt keep.
Just how many enemy troops ��� in this case, Islamic State foot soldiers ��� have U.S. forces killed in more than five months of aerial attacks? The militarys answer was basically the same given to all similar questions going��.
New Airstrikes Target The Islamic States Oil And Gas. - NPR
Rear Adm. John Kirby, the Pentagon spokesman, said that he can confirm U.S. military and Arab partner forces are undertaking additional strikes today against the Islamic State. No great detail. Albu Kamal, on the main Euphrates River valley highway, is one of the most important border crossings between Iraq and Syria, along a frontier that Islamic State wants to erase after seizing territory on both sides and declaring a caliphate, the news agency says. President��.
Syria - IS Fighters Seize Weapons Cache Airdropped By US.
Syria - Islamic State group fighters seized at least one cache of weapons airdropped by U.S.-led coalition forces that were meant to supply Kurdish militiamen battling the extremist group in a border town, activists said Tuesday. The cache of. But the lost weapons drop was more an embarrassment than a great strategic loss. The Islamic State militants. The airstrikes are part of battles between Syrian government forces and Islamic rebel groups for control of the area.