ISIL launches first direct attacks on Syrian forces
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — For the first time, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has launched a campaign against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. On July 24, hundreds of ISIL fighters attacked Syrian Army positions in the northern provinces of Hasakeh and Raqqa. “Islamic State wants to clean the [Hasakeh] province […]