Special to WorldTribune.com Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) massacred 300 Sunni civilians and took 400 more hostage in a Jan. 16 attack on the eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor. “After their attack on Deir Ezzor, ISIL abducted at least 400 civilians from the residents of the Al-Baghaliyeh suburb it captured and adjacent […]
Special to WorldTribune.com A pair of suspected Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) jihadists hid some 150 European passports in mini-pizza ovens in an attempt to smuggle them into Turkey, a report said. One Syrian and one Turkish suspect were detained after flying in from a European country and are being questioned by police […]
Special to WorldTribune.com French warplanes on Nov. 8 bombed an oil supply center in eastern Syria held by Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). “We intervened in Syria… yesterday evening with a strike on an oil supply center near Deir Ezzor on the border between Iraq and Syria,” French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told journalists at […]