The jihadist Islamic State (IS) has a training camp in Turkey near the Syrian border, reported Turkish media on Monday (ANSAmed) – BEIRUT/ANKARA – Islamic State jihadists have used cluster munitions in Syria in at least one location in recent… Read More ›
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US arms Syrian rebels with first heavy weapons, anti-tank BGM-71 TOW missiles – raising war stakes
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report April 7, 2014, 8:56 AM (IDT) BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missile Two Syrian rebel militias judged moderate in Washington have in the last few days taken delivery and begun using – mostly in the Idlib region – the… Read More ›
Turkey attacks Al Qaeda ‘rebels’ in Syria
Wednesday, 29 January 2014 Turkey’s armed forces have attacked a convoy of al-Qaeda-linked rebel vehicles in Syria, Turkish media reported. The attack on Tuesday evening was in retaliation for cross-border fire earlier in the day, when a mortar shell… Read More ›
Crisis: Sectarian hatred is moving from Syria into the mainstream of Turkey’s political life
Turkish Shias in fear of life on the edge Sectarian hatred is moving from Syria into the mainstream of Turkey’s political life. Patrick Cockburn explains the complex battle lines Patrick Cockburn Sunday, 6 October 2013 The poison of sectarian hatred… Read More ›
Syria: nearly half rebel fighters are jihadists or hardline Islamists, says IHS Jane’s report
Nearly half the rebel fighters in Syria are now aligned to jihadist or hardline Islamist groups according to a new analysis of factions in the country’s civil war. Opposition forces have fragmented into as many as 1,000 bands Photo: Rex Features… Read More ›
Syrian “rebels” executed 450 women and children
Photo: EPA Terrorists and militants of the extremist groups “Dzhebhat-en-Nusra” and “Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant” who are fighting against the Syrain army attempting to overthrow the president have committed a new massacre in the north of Syria…. Read More ›
RT source: Israeli strike on Syria was carried out from Turkish base
Published time: July 15, 2013 04:00 Edited time: July 15, 2013 13:00 Israel used a Turkish military base to launch one of its recent airstrikes against Syria from the sea, a reliable source told RT. Israel has been under… Read More ›
Syria rebels take Turkish border town, Kurds alarmed
Thu, 8 Nov 2012 23:23 GMT Reuters * Ten killed in clashes to take border town – sources * Syrian rebels have captured several border outposts * Kurds alarmed by fighting, fear of reprisals By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN, Nov… Read More ›
Fighting erupts between Syrian rebels and Kurds
By Liz Sly, Published: October 31 BEIRUT — Nearly a week of fighting between Kurds and Arab rebels in northern Syria risks opening a new front in the already bloody battle for control of the country, underscoring the complexity… Read More ›
Russia Says Syria Rebels Have U.S.-Made Stinger Missiles
Oct. 24, 2012 – 01:24PM | By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE | MOSCOW — The Syrian rebels battling the regime of President Bashar al-Assad have shoulder-launched missile systems, including Stingers made by the United States, Russia’s top general said on Oct…. Read More ›
Syrian rebels defect to Government forces
Syrian rebels defect Thursday, 27 September 2012 A group of Syrian rebels from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) defected and joined pro-government forces on Wednesday. The troops’ commander announced that “the road is open,” and called on to other rebels… Read More ›
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