by WorldTribune Staff, May 27, 2016 It is not acceptable for U.S. soldiers to wear the insignia of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) when embedded with the Kurdish fighters, a Turkish official said. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said photos showing U.S. special operations forces wearing the YPG insignia on their shoulders during operations against […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 24, 2016 A force of 50,000 Kurdish and Arab fighters have launched a major offensive aimed at driving Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) from its de facto “capital” of Raqqa, Syria. An alliance led and dominated by the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) along with fighters from the Syrian Democratic […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Turkish troops have entered Syrian territory, according to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Lavrov, in comments to Ren-TV on March 13, said Moscow has evidence that Ankara has sent troops to Syria and is conducing a “creeping expansion” on the border with Syria. Related: Erdogan denies reports Turkey is secretly collaborating with […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Jan. 13 said the U.S.-led coalition has a plan in place to drive Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) out of its strongholds in Iraq and Syria. “The specialized expeditionary targeting force I announced in December is now in place and is preparing to work with […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) executed a female journalist who had chronicled daily life in the terror group’s de facto Syrian capital. The anti-ISIL activist group Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that 30-year-old journalist Ruqia Hassan, who wrote under the pseudonym Nissan Ibrahim, was executed by ISIL jihadists in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Russia for the first time in the Syria conflict used submarine-launched cruise missiles which President Vladimir Putin said at some point could be equipped with nuclear warheads. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu confirmed on Dec. 9 that Kalibr cruise missiles had been fired by the submerged Rostov-on-Don submarine from the Mediterranean Sea […]
Special to WorldTribune.com A 17-year-old Austrian who became a “poster girl” for Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) was reportedly killed by jihadists after attempting to escape. Samra Kesinovic is said to have been beaten to death after attempting to flee from Raqqa, ISIL’s de-facto capital in Syria, The Daily Mail reported on Nov. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com United States special forces will arrive in Syria “very soon,” in the first deployment of U.S. ground troops since the coalition to fight Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) was formed. “This is focused on isolating the capital of ISIL in Raqqa,” U.S. special envoy Brett McGurk said on CBS’s “Face […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has reported continued Saudi participation in air strikes on Syria. Officials said Saudi Arabia was a leading contributor to the U.S.-led air strikes on Iraq and Syria. The officials said the Royal Saudi Air Force was sending U.S.-origin F-15 fighter-jets in operations against Islamic State of Iraq […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has demonstrated anti-aircraft capabilities in Syria. The Syrian opposition said ISIL shot down a Syrian fighter jet over the northern city of Raqqa. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights did not identify either the warplane or the anti-aircraft battery deployed by ISIL. […]