Tag: Syria
Al-Qaeda seizes key army base in Syria
Syria’s Al-Qaeda affiliate on Monday seized the key army base of Wadi al-Deif in the country’s northwestern province of Idlib…
IS jihadists suffer heavy losses in Syria’s Kobane
Islamic State group jihadists battling for control of the Syrian town of Kobane suffered some of their heaviest losses yet…
British doctor ‘unlawfully killed’ in Syrian jail
Abbas Khan, the British doctor who died in a Syrian jail last year, was unlawfully killed, an inquest jury in…
IS attack on Kobane stalls amid US air assault
A bid by Islamic State fighters to seize the flashpoint Syrian border town of Kobane has stalled, American officials said,…
IS jihadists ‘seize parts of key Syrian town’
Islamic State jihadists pushed into the key Syrian town of Kobane on the Turkish border Monday, seizing three districts in…
Australian jets fly first mission against IS in Iraq
Australian fighter jets have flown their first armed combat mission in Iraq against the Islamic State group but did not…
IS Jihadists murder Briton, battle for Kurdish town
Islamic State jihadists mounted brutal offensives on both the Syrian battlefield and in their online propaganda war Friday, murdering a…
Ex-Guantanamo detainee walks free after UK drops terror charges
A former Guantanamo Bay detainee, Moazzam Begg, walked free from a British prison on Wednesday after prosecutors dropped seven terror…
School bombing kills 30 children in Syria
At least 30 Syrian children aged under 12 were killed Wednesday in a double bombing by a lone assailant at…
US-led strikes hit IS outside Syria’s Ain al-Arab
United States-led forces carried out at least five air strikes on Wednesday against Islamic State group fighters attacking the Syrian…
10 dead as Kurds battle IS for Syria border town
Fierce fighting between Kurdish militia and Islamic State jihadists for a strategic Syrian border town killed at least 10 people…
Britain carries out first air strikes against IS in Iraq
British fighter jets on Tuesday bombed an artillery post and an armed truck used by the Islamic State group in…
Man arrested in Australia over funding US fighter in Syria
A man was arrested in counterterror raids in Australia on Tuesday, with police alleging he was sending money to a…
US-led strikes hit Syria’s Raqa, Aleppo provinces
Fresh US-led strikes hit Islamic State group targets in Syria overnight, both in its Raqa province stronghold and in Aleppo…
US-led strikes hit jihadists attacking Syria
The US-led coalition hit Islamic State group targets around a Syrian town on the Turkish border Saturday where tens of…