Iran's covert mastermind was just spotted near one of the most important...
Harakat al Nujaba, an Iraqi Shiite militia that operates in both Iraq and Syria, has posted a photo of its fighters posing with Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps-Qods Force commander Qassem Soleimani...
View ArticleKremlin officials admit Russia initially lied about its aims in Syria
Although Russia initially said it intervened in Syria to help defeat ISIS, the campaign has mostly targeted other rebel groups. And Russian officials have admitted that Moscow's intervention in Syria...
View Article2,500 Syrian refugees are trapped between two countries with nowhere to go
Roughly 2,500 refugees are trapped between Serbia and Croatia, with little food and shelter.Hungary sealed off its border with Serbia this week, cutting off a key route into the EU, meaning that many...
View ArticleInsanely clear drone footage shows a Syrian army offensive in a rebel...
Unnervingly clear drone footage shows an ongoing Syrian army offensive against a rebel stronghold in Damascus. Footage of the offensive filmed by RussiaWorks, a Russian company with ties to the...
View ArticleRussian air strikes reportedly kill US-backed Syrian rebels
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Russian air strikes in Syria's Latakia province killed a top rebel commander from a group armed by President Bashar al-Assad's foreign enemies, a monitoring group said on Tuesday.The...
View ArticleA former US Army Ranger joins the Kurdish Peshmerga on the front lines...
“Just keep driving until you get to the Daesh,” the Peshmerga checkpoint guard said.I was trying to get to the front line to follow along with the Kurdish offensive outside Kirkuk on September 11th....
View ArticleThe battle for Syria's biggest city before the war 'could cause another wave...
The battle for Aleppo, compounded by Russian airstrikes on the city, threatens to create a new refugee exodus from Syria, Turkey’s prime minister, Ahmet Davutoğlu, has warned.Speaking after talks with...
View ArticleYet another high-ranking Iranian commander has been killed in Syria
A commander in Iran’s paramilitary Basij force has died from injuries suffered in clashes against rebel forces in Syria’s Quneitra province near Israel’s border in the latest death of an Iranian...
View ArticleThis Greek fisherman has saved countless refugees from drowning on their way...
The image of a young boy that washed up on a Turkish beach shocked the world, and gave Europe's refugee crisis a face.Unfortunately, his story is not unique. Every day, thousands of refugees attempt to...
View ArticleRussia has released footage of one of its planes intercepting a US Reaper...
Russia's Ministry of Defense has released a video showing a Sukhoi (Su-30SM) more or less intercepting a US MQ-9 Reaper drone over Syria.Although Russia and the US have agreed on coordinating their air...
View ArticleThere are a lot of CIA-vetted Syrian rebel groups taking it to Assad
Since 2013, the CIA has been training and equipping various moderate rebel elements in the Syrian civil war in an effort to undermine the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and force him to the...
View ArticleAssad flew to Moscow to thank Putin for Syrian air strikes
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad flew to Moscow on Tuesday evening to personally thank Russia's Vladimir Putin for his military support, in a surprise visit that underlined how...
View ArticleThe 'biggest structural weakness' of ISIS could doom the terror army
ISIS is one of the best-funded militant groups on the planet, but it could run into problems long-term if it doesn't keep seizing more territory.Much of ISIS' money comes from extortion and pillaging —...
View ArticlePutin gave an unusual eulogy referencing the godfather of Russia’s military...
The godfather of Russia’s military intervention in Syria is Yevgeny Primakov, a former prime minister and intelligence chief and for decades his nation’s leading Arabist.A hint of Primakov’s influence...
View ArticleTurkey to Assad: Stay in Moscow
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Wednesday a transition was needed in Syria which guaranteed the departure of President Bashar al-Assad, and said he wished the Syrian leader would stay...
View ArticleSyria denies Russian ground forces in Syria after pro-government source says...
The Syrian army denied Russian ground troops are fighting alongside its forces, saying Moscow was deploying only air power in Syria.In a statement issued late on Tuesday on the Syrian news agency SANA,...
View ArticleThe Pentagon is sending the A-10 to fight ISIS in Syria
In a change of course, the US Defense Department on Tuesday announced that it deployed A-10 attack aircraft to Turkey to conduct strikes against the Islamic State in Syria.The Pentagon had already sent...
View ArticleQatar foreign minister: 'If a military intervention will protect the Syrian...
Oct 21 Qatar, a major supporter of rebels in Syria's civil war, suggested it could intervene militarily following Russia's intervention in support of President Bashar al-Assad but said it still...
View ArticleHere's where Russia has bombed during its 3-week Syria campaign
Russian airstrikes continue to bolster the Assad regime’s efforts to defeat the Syrian opposition. Russian airstrikes from October 19-20 primarily supported ongoing regime ground offensives in...
View ArticleAerial video shows the scope of the migrant crisis in Slovenia
New aerial footage offers new insight into the European migrant crisis.Migrants and refugees have been setting up camp at Slovenia's border with Croatia, where a fire burned down tents and filled the...
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