Tag: Syria
Everyone is to blame for Syria crisis – Brahimi
Algerian Lakhdar Brahimi, a former United Nations and Arab League Special Envoy to Syria has criticised all parties involved in…
Humanitarian crises: Buhari calls for greater global support
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in London called on the global community to give greater support to countries whose populace are…
Netflix in Nigeria, most countries except China, Syria, N.Korea
Netflix Inc’s video-streaming service went live in more than 130 countries including Nigeria on Wednesday, covering almost the entire globe…
6-year old ISIS ‘Jihadi Junior’ has a Nigerian parent
It has now been revealed that the child ISIS soldier who has threatened the UK with new atrocities in a…
Christian female fighters take on IS in Syria
Babylonia has no regrets about leaving behind her two children and her job as a hairdresser to join a Christian…
Rebels retake two Syrian towns from ISIS
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday that opposition rebels had regained two northern villages close to the…
Boko Haram is most ruthless terrorist group, has killed more than ISIS in Syria, Iran
The jihadi group Boko Haram have been revealed as the most brutal terror organisation last year, killing more people than…
France bombs IS in Syria after Paris attacks
France staged pre-dawn raids on dozens of suspected Islamists and bombed Islamic State’s stronghold in Syria as the prime minister…
French policy responsible for Paris attacks, says Assad
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Saturday that French policy had contributed to the “spread of terrorism” that culminated in attacks…
US to send special forces to Syria, powers divided on Assad
Vienna (AFP) – The United States announced Friday its first sustained deployment of ground troops to Syria to help the…
In three months, IS carries out 1,000 attacks, kills 3,000
AFP – A major increase in violence by the Islamic State group saw over 1,000 attacks and nearly 3,000 deaths…
US wants to avoid ‘total destruction’ of Syria – Kerry
The United States is working to avoid the “total destruction” of Syria, and plans a meeting in the coming days…
Russia escalating Syria war – US
Russia is escalating Syria’s civil war by targeting the moderate opposition, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said on Monday, comparing…
Russia making ‘grave mistake’ in Syria, says Turkey President
AFP – Moscow’s bombing campaign in Syria is “unacceptable”, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday, warning that Russia was…
If elected president, I’ll send Syrian refugees back – Donald Trump
AFP – Republican United States presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has said that he would send thousands of Syrian refugees back…
Putin, Obama head for UN showdown over Syria
AFP – Russian President Vladimir Putin squared up for a clash Monday with his US counterpart Barack Obama at the…
US to take in 100,000 refugees – Kerry
The United States will take in more refugees worldwide in the next two years, US Secretary of State John Kerry…
ISIS terrorist group storms Ghana, begin recruitment
Global Risk Insights, a human right organisation, on Wednesday raised an alert that ISIS terrorist group has started recruiting youths…
France to prepare air strikes against IS in Syria – Hollande
AFP – France will launch surveillance flights over Syria from Tuesday with a view to conducting airstrikes on Islamic State…
“My children slipped through my hands”: father of drowned Syrian boy
Bodrum (Turkey) (AFP) – The father of a three-year-old Syrian boy, whose body was washed up on a Turkish beach…
Twelve Syrians drown heading from Turkey to Greek island
Reuters – An image of a drowned toddler washed up on the beach in one of Turkey’s prime tourist resorts…
Ghana man joins Islamic State, family says
A 25-year-old Muslim from Ghana has travelled to an Islamic State (IS) training camp, becoming the first known recruit from…
70 dead in Syria regime raids near Damascus
At least 70 people were killed Sunday in a string of Syrian government air strikes on a marketplace in Douma,…
Turkey denies new deal with Saudi on supporting Syria rebels
Ankara (AFP) – Turkey on Friday denied it had struck a secret new pact with Saudi Arabia to back Islamist…
US drops 60,000 propaganda leaflets on IS in Syria
The US military dropped 60,000 leaflets on the Islamic State group’s de facto capital in Syria showing a grisly depiction…
US must talk to Assad to end Syria war – Kerry
The United States will have to negotiate with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to end the civil war now entering its…
Jordan ‘reaping results of backing terror’: Syria media
The Islamic State group’s gruesome murder of a captured Jordanian pilot is the consequence of Amman’s support for Syrian rebels,…
US gives $6 million to Syria opposition government
Syria’s opposition interim government said Thursday it had received $6 million from the United States in the first direct US…
Five Canadians fighting for IS killed in Syria
Five Canadians have died fighting alongside Islamic State militants in Syria, including a man who called for lone wolf attacks…
Car bomb near Syria gas plant kills 8
A car bomb exploded near a gas plant in Syria’s Homs province on Monday killing eight people, including four soldiers,…