Syria Increases Airstrikes on Rebels
Jamie Dettmer Syrian government forces have increased the tempo of air raids on rebel-held territory, striking combatants and civilians in what analysts and U.S. officials say is an apparent attempt to...
View ArticleRamped-Up Strikes Stall IS Militants in Kobani
VOA News <p>U.S.-led coalition jets bombed Islamic State targets again Saturday in Syria as the militants stepped up their fight to take the key border city of Kobani from Kurdish...
View ArticleKurds Protest in Beirut Against Islamic State - Reports
BEIRUT, October 12 (RIA Novosti) - Kurds occupy the streets of Lebanese capital, Beirut to protest over Islamic State (IS) militants’ actions, who have besieged Syrian town of Kobani (also known as...
View Article50 killed in anti-IS airstrikes, clashes in Iraq
Baghdad, October 14: At least 50 people were killed Tuesday in clashes and airstrikes against IS positions in Iraq, a security source said, even as the fight against the Sunni radical group continued...
View ArticleSeveral Hundred IS Militants Killed in US airstrikes in Syria: Pentagon
WASHINGTON, October 15 (RIA Novosti) - Several hundred Islamic State (IS) militants have been killed in US airstrikes near the Syrian border town of...
View ArticleActivists: Syria airstrikes toll over 500
BEIRUT (AP) — U.S.-led coalition airstrikes on Syria have killed more than 500 people, mainly Islamic militants, since they began last month, activists said Thursday, as warplanes targeted an oil field...
View ArticleKurdish fighters halt ISIS advance amid US-led airstrikes
Modal Trigger Kurdish fighters halt ISIS advance amid US-led airstrikes Posted: October 12, 2014 View Thumbnails Previous Next Advertisement Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Kobani on Sunday after...
View ArticleShia Militia Violate Human Rights When Fighting Against IS: Researcher
NEW YORK, OCTOBER 14 (RIA Novosti) – Shia Muslim militias are responsible for killings and kidnappings of Sunnis as they fight back against the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group in Iraq, Erin Evers, a...
View ArticleCoalition Airstrikes Hit Islamic State Headquarters in Raqqa: Watchdog
MOSCOW, October 29 (RIA Novosti) - The US-led coalition against Islamic State has hit the militant's headquarters in the Syrian city of Raqqa, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR)...
View ArticleUS, Turkish Presidents Agree To Strengthen Cooperation Against IS: White House
WASHINGTON, October 19 (RIA Novosti) - US President Barack Obama and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a telephone conversation agreed to strengthen cooperation against the Islamic State (IS)...
View ArticleSyrian Kurdish official calls for arms for Kobani
MURSITPINAR, Turkey (AP) -- In its battle for the Syrian town of Kobani, the Islamic State group enjoys a key advantage: a supply of weapons, ammunition and fighters shuttling between Syria and Iraq....
View ArticleLavrov: Anti-IS Airstrikes in Syria Without Damascus Approval Violate...
MOSCOW, October 29 (RIA Novosti) - Airstrikes by the US-led coalition against the Islamic State group in Syria without the approval of the country's official government contradict international law,...
View ArticleLebanon Blocking Entry to Syrian Refugees Fleeing Conflict: UNHCR Representative
MOSCOW, October 18 (RIA Novosti) - Lebanon is blocking entry to refugees fleeing conflict in Syria, according to a Saturday statement by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)...
View ArticleOfficial calls for arms for Syria
MURSITPINAR, Turkey (AP) — In its battle for the Syrian town of Kobani, the Islamic State group enjoys a key advantage: a supply of weapons, ammunition and fighters shuttling between Syria and Iraq....
View ArticleUS Congress’ Possible Failure to Authorize Strikes Against IS to Hurt Arab...
WASHINGTON, October 15 (RIA Novosti) - The US Congress' failure to authorize further use of American military force against the IS insurgent group would be destructive for the international coalition,...
View ArticlePeshmerga Fighters Bring Weapons To Kobani, Prepare To Battle ISIS
MURSITPINAR, Turkey (AP) — Iraqi peshmerga fighters prepared Saturday to battle Islamic State group militants in the Syrian border town of Kobani, just hours after they arrived in a town that's become...
View ArticleIS Crucify 17-Year Old Boy for Taking Photos, Footage of Group's Bases: Reports
MOSCOW, October 17 (RIA Novosti) - Islamic State (IS) militants have crucified a 17-year old boy and displayed his body on a cross in Syria, for taking photos of the IS military bases and accepting 500...
View ArticleActivists: U.S.-led airstrikes kill over 500 in Syria
BEIRUT — U.S.-led coalition airstrikes in Syria have killed more than 500 people, mainly Islamic militants, since they began last month, activists said Thursday, as fighting flared in the northern...
View ArticleSyrian Ambassador to Russia Questions Effectiveness of US-Led Airstrikes in...
MOSCOW, October 30 (RIA Novosti) – The international coalition fighting the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group in Syria and Iraq is acting inefficiently, despite being technically superior, Syrian...
View ArticleUS-led air strikes killed 553 fighters, 32 civilians in Syria
Air strikes by US-led forces have killed 553 Islamist fighters and 32 civilians during a month-long campaign in Syria, a monitoring group which tracks the violence said today. The Britain-based Syrian...
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