Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Al Nusra Front, the Al Qaida rebel militia, has claimed the launch of weapons production and has attacked Syrian Army positions in Homs. On May 25, Nusra is said to have sent a car bomb that struck an Alawite neighborhood of Homs, which killed at least 10 people. Nusra is […]
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 […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, Global Information System /Defense & Foreign Affairs The military and political dynamic in and around Syria continued to escalate since late in the week ending Sept. 14, and more so in the days after that (Sept. 15/16) with the Syrian military clearly having the initiative and the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — After more than two years of civil war, much of Syria has refused to become drawn into the violence between the regime of President Bashar Assad and Sunni rebels, a report said. The International Crisis Group asserted that much if not most of Syria has dropped out of the Sunni […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Geostrategy-Direct.com WASHINGTON — Sunni rebels, directed by Arab and Western states, have revised their strategy in northern Syria, a report said. The Institute for the Study of War asserted that Sunni rebels in the northern provinces of Aleppo and Idlib have suspended most operations in major cities controlled by the regime of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Brian M. Downing, FreePressers.com Recent fighting in Damascus and Aleppo has differed markedly from that of only a couple of months ago when the regular army swiftly defeated rebel enclaves in Homs, Idlib, and Deraa. Fighting in Damascus has persisted for several weeks now and while it trails off at times, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — For the first time, Syrians have asserted that President Bashar Assad was using gas bombs in attacks on Sunni rebels. The Syrian opposition said Assad forces bombed several Sunni cities with shells that contained an unknown chemical agent. The opposition said Sunni civilians suffocated or underwent nausea from the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Sunni rebels have expanded operations against the regime of President Bashar Assad after a lull in operations. Opposition and diplomatic sources said Sunni rebels were organizing attacks on Assad’s military and security forces throughout Syria. Opposition sources said Sunni rebels were attacking Assad forces on a nightly basis around Homs […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Sunni rebels claimed a victory over the Syrian Army in fighting near the border with Turkey. The Free Syrian Army said its forces seized an Army outpost in the northern province of Idlib on March 26. FSA said the rebels captured 17 Assad loyalists as well as a large quantity […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The Syrian opposition, defeated several times by President Bashar Assad’s military, intends to reorganize in what is expected to result in new leadership. The opposition was to reassess policy and its leadership at a meeting in Turkey on March 22. Joshua Landis, a U.S. professor and director of SyriaComment, said […]