Syrian Kurdish fighters advance on ISIL-held Raqqa
Syrian Kurdish fighters have advanced on the northern city of Raqqa, putting them just 50km away from the de facto capital of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group, sources told Al Jazeera. On Friday, the Kurdish People’s Protection Units, or YPG, closed the main route ISIL allegedly uses to supply Raqqa […]
Syrian rivals locked in heavy fighting over Aleppo
A rebel alliance and Syrian government forces have been locked in a battle in and around Aleppo city with President Bashar al-Assad’s regime seeking to repel major offensive with heavy air strikes. Thursday’s attack, the most intense rebel offensive in Aleppo in three years, aimed to build on recent advances against Assad by an array […]
ISIS executes 74 children for crimes that include refusal to fast
The blood-soaked executioners of ISIS have spared neither women nor children since the jihadist army established its caliphate a year ago, putting an estimated 74 kids and even more women to death for such offenses as practicing “magic” and refusing to fast during Ramadan. A total of 3,027 people have been executed by ISIS since […]
Children tortured and recruited as fighters in Syria’s war
There is growing evidence that children caught up in Syria’s war are being abused and used as fighters. The UN says it has verified that 271 boys and seven girls have been recruited by armed groups, and that the real number is expected to be much higher. The groups enlisting minors to fight include Free […]
‘Mass rebel attack’ on Syria’s Aleppo
Syrian rebels led by Islamist groups have begun a massive assault that aims to take full control of the northern city of Aleppo, monitors report. Rebels fired hundreds of rockets and missiles into government-held areas in a multi-district attack, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. It said the Syrian military had returned fire and […]
ISIS fighters executed by rival terrorist group called the “Army of Islam”
A terror group battling ISIS in Syria has turned the tables on its enemies by capturing and slaughtering dozens of Islamic State soldiers on camera. Dressed in orange jumpsuits attire usually worn by ISIS’s victims the Jaysh Al-Islam soldiers lead 13 shackled jihadis to their deaths. Jaysh Al-Islam calls itself the ‘Army of Islam’ and […]
Turkish govenment finally considering military action in Syria
As Kurdish rebels in northern Syria rack up wins against the Islamic State group, Turkish media is abuzz with talk of a long-debated military intervention to push the Islamic militants back from the Turkish border a move that will also outflank any Kurdish attempts to create a state along Turkey’s southern frontier. Turkish President Recep […]
Thousands Of Europeans Flee From Tunisia After Attack
SOUSSE, Tunisia-Tour companies were evacuating thousands of foreign holidaymakers from Tunisia on Saturday, a day after a gunman killed 39 people at a beach hotel in an attack claimed by Islamic State. Tunisia’s Prime Minister Habib Essid said most of the dead were British, and Britain’s foreign office said 15 Britons had been confirmed killed […]
Terrorist ‘Caliphate’ Declares War With China, India, Rome
Chilling: Dubbed ‘Caliphate Cubs’, the children appear little more than 10 years In what was called the “most significant development in international jihadism since 9/11”, the leader of extremist group the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who has captured a huge sway of territories in both Iraq and Syria, declared […]
Syrian Islamist rebels ‘seize Ariha in Idlib province’
An Islamist coalition that includes Syria’s al-Qaeda affiliate al-Nusra Front has taken over one of the last government strongholds in western Idlib province, activists say. The Jaish al-Fateh, or Conquest Army, took control of the city of Ariha after a “lightning offensive”, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. However, the Syrian army said intense […]
