Russian planes will continue striking 'terrorist facilities' in Syria
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian air force will continue striking targets in Syria linked to Islamic State and other terrorist groups despite a partial withdrawal, the RIA news agency quoted Russian...
View ArticleAnother jihadist war might be about to break out in Syria — and it all fits...
An Al Qaeda affiliate launched an attack against Western-backed rebels in a key area of Syria, bolstering the terrorist group's territorial holdings inside the war-torn country and giving more credence...
View ArticleRussia wants to reassure Israel about its withdrawal from Syria
A Russian diplomat sought to reassure Israel on Tuesday that its security would not be harmed by the winding down of Moscow's military intervention in Syria's civil war, but a top Israeli lawmaker said...
View ArticleSyrian opposition: Russia's troop withdrawal could finally bring an end to...
The Syrian opposition said on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin's move to draw down his forces in the country could pave the way for an end to five years of fighting although Moscow had not...
View ArticleKerry is headed to Moscow to discuss Russia's withdrawal from Syria
The world has what may be its best opportunity to end the five-year Syrian civil war with Russia's planned withdrawal and with peace talks resuming in Geneva, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on...
View ArticleSyrian Kurds just made a move which will alarm Turkey
Kurdish-controlled areas of northern Syria are expected to declare a federal system on Wednesday, a Syrian Kurdish official said, taking matters into their own hands after being excluded so far from...
View ArticleDon't be fooled: The withdraw from Syria is another propaganda win for Russia
As the Syrian peace talks resumed in Geneva this week, President Vladimir Putin announced a partial withdrawal of the "main part" of Russian armed forces as of March 15, according to the state-owned...
View ArticleRussia released this video of its combat jets leaving Syria
On Mar. 15, the Russian Defence Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu ordered to redeploy a large part of the the Russian Aerspace Forces contingent deployed to Syria to fight terrorists.The...
View ArticleSyrian Kurdish forces detain 60 pro-Syrian government militia
Syrian Kurdish internal security forces arrested 60 members of a pro-Syrian government militia in the northeastern city of Qamishli on Wednesday, a war monitor said.The Syrian Observatory for Human...
View ArticleIt looks like less than half of Russia’s aircraft is out of Syria
Just under half of Russia's fixed-wing strike force based in Syria has flown out of the country in the past two days, according to a Reuters calculation which suggests the Kremlin is accelerating its...
View ArticleAmal Clooney opens up about her family — refugees much like the ones flooding...
George and Amal Clooney met with Syrian refugees in Berlin. While the refugee families shared their stories, Amal opened up about her own family's struggles.Story by Ian Phillips and editing by A.C....
View ArticleIraqi forces free Yazidi women held captive by ISIS
Iraqi security forces freed a group of Yazidi women held captive by Islamic State in a covert operation behind the group's lines, a defense ministry statement said on Wednesday.It did not say how many...
View ArticleRussia just made an outrageous claim about its bombing campaign in Syria
After the surprise announcement that Russia will withdraw its forces from Syria, Russian Colonel General Viktor Bondarev claimed that "not a single bombing raid missed the target."Russia's bombing...
View ArticleThe US is nearing a decision on whether to label ISIS attacks 'genocide' —...
The Obama administration is reportedly nearing a decision on whether to use the term "genocide" to classify the campaign of ethnic cleansing ISIS perpetrated against the minority groups in Iraq and...
View ArticlePutin says Russia could redeploy its forces in Syria 'literally within a few...
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday declared his country's Syria mission a resounding success, but stressed Russia would continue to support the Syrian government and could build up its military...
View ArticleThe 19 unhappiest countries in the world
The latest findings of the World Happiness Report, an annual survey that assesses the state of global wellbeing, have been released ahead of the United Nations' International Happiness Day on March...
View ArticleHaunting portraits of Syria's child refugees that everyone should see
The Syrian Civil War is continuing to grind towards its six year, and the horrors of the conflict are becoming ever harder to quantify. Due to the nature of the conflict, exact numbers are hard to come...
View ArticleThese women secretly filmed inside the ISIS capital — Here’s the terrifying...
A new video secretly filmed by two women inside Raqqa, Syria shows an inside view of what ISIS has made its de facto capital.Militants captured the northern Syrian city in 2014. Since then, foreign...
View ArticleA New York man has been sentenced to 22 years for supporting ISIS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A New York state resident was sentenced on Thursday to 22-1/2 years in prison for trying to recruit fighters to join Islamic State in Syria - the longest prison term handed out...
View ArticleA Virginia man 'wasn't thinking straight' when he joined ISIS
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — The American Islamic State group fighter who handed himself over to Kurdish forces in Iraq's north earlier this week said he made "a bad decision" joining IS, according to a heavily...
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