Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Sunni rebels have sustained heavy losses in a failed counter-offensive in central Syria. The opposition said Islamist rebel militias failed in an operation to end a siege by the Syrian Army around Damascus. Scores of rebels, including commanders, were said to have been killed in two days of intense battles […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Al Qaida has resumed its offensive against Western-backed rebels in Syria. An Al Qaida militia, deploying surface-to-air missiles, has launched an offensive along the Syrian border with Turkey. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant was reported to have captured the Syrian town of Atma after expelling a unit […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — After a lull of four months, President Bashar Assad has resumed efforts to capture Syria’s largest city. Opposition sources said the Syrian Army has been attacking the northern city of Aleppo in November 2013. The sources said the Army, together with the Iranian proxy Hizbullah, has been progressing along two […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Sunni Muslims have launched protests against an Al Qaida militia that controls much of northern Syria. Opposition sources have released videos of Sunni protests against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in September. The protests focused on ISIL attacks on rival Sunni militias as well as churches near […]