Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Hizbullah is said to have killed a top operative of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant near the Syrian border with Lebanon. The Syrian opposition said Hizbullah targeted a leading member of ISIL in Lebanon. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights identified the ISIL operative as Abu Abdullah Al […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Islamic State of Iraq and Levant has captured the last military base in a northern Syrian province. ISIL has seized the Syrian Air Force base at Tabqa in a battle in which more than 500 soldiers and fighters were killed. Tabqa was the last military base in the Raqqa province […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The Syrian Air Force has conducted one of the most punishing air strikes on Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. The Syrian Air Force attacked ISIL facilities in the northern city of Raqqa. The Syrian opposition said fighter-jets and helicopters conducted repeated sorties and killed dozens of ISIL fighters. Opposition […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has approached Syria’s largest city. Opposition sources said ISIL was capturing rebel-held towns in its advance toward Aleppo. They said ISIL, in what appeared to mark cooperation with the Syrian military, was moving within 50 kilometers of Aleppo, the last rebel-held city in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA [MENL] — Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has continued its offensive against the Syrian military. The Syrian opposition has reported the resumption of ISIL’s drive through the north. On Aug. 8, ISIL attacked a Syrian Army base in the Raqqa province and captured facilities belonging to the 93rd Brigade. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The regime of President Bashar Assad has achieved significant gains in the fight for Syria’s largest city. The Syrian Army has captured a key section of the rebel-held area of Aleppo. On July 5, the Army, backed by Hizbullah and the regime-aligned National Defense Forces, took control of Sheik Najar, […]
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 […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Syria has deployed Iranian combat units to recapture a major energy field in the north. Opposition sources said Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has been summoned to battle Al Qaida fighters in Syria. They said IRGC deployed hundreds of elite troops to expel Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The Syrian Army, in its first such ground operation, has sought to stop Al Qaida’s capture of a major natural gas field. The Syrian Army has been battling Al Qaida’s Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in their first ground battle. So far, some 300 Syrian soldiers were reported […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The leading Kurdish insurgency movement has intervened to save its compatriots in Syria. The Kurdish Workers Party has sent nearly 1,000 fighters to stop an offensive by Al Qaida’s Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The party, known as PKK, sent fighters from Iraq through Turkey and into Syria […]