Special to WorldTribune.com More than 5,000 refugees have fled to the Turkish border after Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) jihadists on April 14 attacked 10 camps for internally displaced people in Syria. Reports from the scene of the attacks said some of the terrified refugees attempted to cross the Turkish border but were […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Air strikes carried out by Russia in Syria have killed two U.S.-backed rebel commanders, according to rebel sources. The sources said Basil Zamo, commander of the U.S.-backed First Coastal Division in Latakia province, was killed in a Russian air strike on Oct. 19. Also on Oct. 19, the commander of the Nour […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Kurdish YPG fighters along with allies from the Free Syrian Army seized the border town of Tal Abyad from Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) on June 16. The victory was a significant one for the Kurds as Tal Abyad, on the Turkish border, was a key cog in ISIL’s supply […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is reviewing recommendations for Turkish military intervention in Syria. Officials said Erdogan, supported by parliament, has been studying options for Turkish intervention in Syria. The officials said the options range from the Turkish takeover of northern Syria to the training of Western-backed Syrian rebels. “Turkey has […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has employed ammunition from the United States, a report said. The Conflict Armament Research has documented ISIL’s use of U.S. light weapons and ammunition in the wars in Iraq and Syria. In a report, the London-based organization cited ISIL’s use of U.S. assault […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Geostrategy-Direct.com LONDON — Here’s how the Sunni world views the so-called U.S.-led campaign against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant: Washington will form an unofficial alliance with Iran in the Middle East and rehabilitate Syria’s Assad. ISIL will attack the weakest Middle East members of the coalition, particularly Saudi Arabia. The bottom […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Syria’s rebel movement has warned of a collapse amid the advance of the military and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The Western-backed opposition has urged the United States and other allies to stop the ISIL advance toward the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. The opposition, which oversees the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com AMMAN — A Syrian rebel commander has been assassinated in Jordan. Security sources said a leading Western-backed rebel was shot dead in the Jordanian capital of Amman. They identified the dead man as Maher Rahel, a commander in the Free Syrian Army, said to responsible for the deployment of rebels trained by […]
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 — Syrian rebel commanders have continued to quit in protest of a shortage of military assistance. Nine commanders of the Western-backed Free Syrian Army resigned in protest of a shortage of arms and equipment. The officers said NATO and Arab states have dismissed FSA and its Supreme Military Council. “We seek […]