Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The Syrian Air Force has conducted one of the most punishing air strikes on Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. The Syrian Air Force attacked ISIL facilities in the northern city of Raqqa. The Syrian opposition said fighter-jets and helicopters conducted repeated sorties and killed dozens of ISIL fighters. Opposition […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has begun to use Iraq as a launching pad for its campaign in neighboring Syria. Syrian opposition sources said ISIL has exploited its newly-captured territory in Iraq to facilitate the flow of fighters and weapons to Syria. They said ISIL was mobilizing […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Sunni rebels, outnumbered and outgunned, have waged a tunnel war in Syria. Opposition sources said Islamist rebel militias in Aleppo were digging tunnels under Syrian Army positions in such cities as Aleppo, Damascus and Dera. They said the rebels were exploiting their knowledge of urban areas as well as techniques […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — A Hizbullah commander wanted by the United States has been killed in the Sunni revolt in Syria. Islamist sources said Fawzi Ayoub was killed in a battle with Sunni rebels on May 26. Ayoub was said to have lived in Canada and was on the FBI’s most-wanted list in the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — President Bashar Assad has amassed tens of thousands of troops to drive Sunni rebels out of the largest city in Syria. Opposition and regime sources said the Syrian Army has brought up to 40,000 troops in preparation for a massive assault on Aleppo. They said the army intensified operations over […]
UNITED NATIONS — Syria’s harrowing civil war has taken a new turn as the beleaguered Mid East country now faces a deepening drought and food crisis in the midst of an expanding conflict. UN relief agencies warn that the drought may cut food production thus adding to the country’s woes. With over nine million Syrian […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey’s military has been on alert to possibly intervene in neighboring Syria. Turkish sources said the Army was mobilizing for combat operations in northern Syria amid intense Al Qaida fighting near the border. In 2013, the Turkish intelligence community was said to have coordinated the flow of fighters and weapons […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The regime of President Bashar Assad has intensified counter-rebel operations in Syria. Opposition sources said the Syrian military was ordered to step up air and ground strikes on Sunni rebels. They said the military bolstered operations around Aleppo and Damascus, both of which contain a major rebel presence. “It appears […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — President Bashar Assad is said to have overseen an increase in barrel bomb attacks against Sunni rebels in Syria. The opposition said the Syrian military has intensified its use of barrel bombs against rebel strongholds. The opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the attacks, in which oil drums packed […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Saudi-backed rebels have launched an offensive against Al Qaida in Syria. Rebel militias began a campaign against Al Qaida’s Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant throughout Syria. The militias were said to have attacked ISIL strongholds in the northern provinces of Aleppo and Idlib, particularly along the 900-kilometer border […]