Special to WorldTribune.com A pair of car bombings in Syria claimed by Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) killed 119 people just as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had announced a provisional deal for a ceasefire. Two car bombings killed at least 57 people and wounded dozens in the Al-Zahraa district of Homs, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Syrian forces are advancing rapidly against both anti-Assad rebels and Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) positions with support from Iranian officers, Hizbullah fighters and Russian warplanes, reports say. On Dec. 29, government forces and their allies captured a key southern military base from Brigade 82 rebels in the town of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Sunni rebels are waging an underground war to sustain operations near the Syrian capital of Damascus. Opposition sources said Islamist militias in the southern suburbs of Damascus have been fighting the Syrian Army through tunnels and sewers throughout the area. The sources said the militias, including the Western-backed Free Syrian […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The Syrian military has reported a major victory over Islamist rebels. The regime of President Bashar Assad said the Syrian Army killed at least 175 rebels in an attack south of Damascus on Feb. 26. A government statement, confirmed by the opposition, said the Army ambushed a rebel force, which […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The regime of President Bashar Assad was deemed the only one in Syria to possess the non-conventional missiles that killed more than 1,400 people in August 2013, a human rights group said. Human Rights Watch said it collected evidence that linked the Assad regime to the August attack around Damascus […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States, under pressure to respond to a massive chemical weapons attack, has decided to flex its muscles toward Syria. Officials said President Barack Obama has requested military options against Syria in wake of CW attacks by the regime of President Bashar Assad. The officials said the president has […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Hizbullah has formed another Shi’ite militia to fight for the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Hizbullah has organized Syrian Shi’ites into a militia called the Zulfiqar Battalion. On June 5, the battalion announced that it would protect Shi’ite shrines in the Damascus area. “We have been assigned to protect […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has attacked Syria for the second time in three days. The Israel Air Force struck targets in Damascus that included Iranian missiles destined for Hizbullah in attacks in which 100 Syrian elite soldiers were reportedly killed. Other Israeli targets included Syria’s scientific research center outside the capital, believed […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The Israel Air Force has conducted another attack on a shipment of advanced missiles to Syria. Western diplomatic sources said Israel sent nearly a dozen F-15 and F-16 fighter-jets to destroy Iranian-origin missiles that arrived in Damascus. The sources said the attack took place on May 3 when warplanes fired […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The regime of President Bashar Assad has launched another counter-offensive against Sunni rebels in Syria. Officials said the Assad regime has directed the Syrian Army and Air Force to intensify attacks on rebel strongholds around Damascus and other major cities. They said the latest regime campaign was meant to roll […]