Here are more photos of Russian armored vehicles rolling into Syria
The past few days have seen a steep increase of evidence revealing the true extent of direct military involvement by the Russian military on the ground in Syria. The sighting of recently delivered...
View ArticleHere are all the nations that are now bombing ISIS in Syria
The French are the latest to join the growing list of nations that are bombing ISIS in Syria.Produced by Jeremy Dreyfuss.Follow INSIDER: On Facebook.Join the conversation about this story »
View ArticleThe Turkish lira is being used to batter the Syrian regime
Opposition groups in Syria’s North are opting to use the Turkish lira over the Syrian pound to take advantage of a more stable currency, while also deliberately seeking to devalue the Syrian pound and...
View ArticlePhotos: Russia's forward operating base in Syria is growing at a rapid pace
The Russian military deployment to the Bassel al Assad air base in Latakia, Syria, is continuing at a rapid tempo, Stratfor can confirm. Previous imagery of the airfield, taken Sept. 4, showed...
View ArticleSyria's army has started using advanced Russian weapons
The Syrian military has recently started using new types of air and ground weapons supplied by Russia, a Syrian military source told Reuters on Thursday, underlining growing Russian support to Damascus...
View ArticleThe refugee who got kicked by a journalist got a job as a soccer coach in Spain
Syrian refugee Osama Abdul Mohsen, who was kicked by a Hungarian journalist, now has a job as a soccer coach in Spain.Story by Tony Manfred and edited by Adam Banicki.Follow INSIDER: On FacebookJoin...
View ArticleThe US is getting ready to overhaul its Syria strategy, again
The Obama administration is preparing a major overhaul of its failed effort to train thousands of moderate Syrian rebels to fight the Islamic State group, shifting from preparing rebels for frontline...
View ArticleThe Syrian war's trajectory could radically shift soon
The trajectory of the Syrian Civil War may fundamentally shift within the 90 day timeframe. Russia escalated its military assistance on behalf of the Syrian regime in early September 2015, deploying...
View ArticlePutin's Syria play is a game-changer — which means the West needs to rethink...
Satellite imagery provided by AllSourceAnalysis confirms the recent arrival of Russian main battle tanks, armored personnel carriers, helicopters, and other military equipment at an airbase in Syria’s...
View Article'Bad news on ISIS wasn't welcome': We know more about how US officials...
Top US military officials used subtle manipulation tactics to influence the outcome of intelligence reports on the fight against ISIS in the Middle East, according to analysts who detailed specific...
View ArticleThe US tried to send weapons to Syrian rebels through companies in Belarus...
Washington authorized a small Delaware-based arms contractor to purchase weapons from "Europe's last dictatorship" to arm US-trained rebels in the fight against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and it...
View ArticleA Turkish people smuggler reminds us of the No. 1 reason for the spike in...
Many things have been blamed for the refugee crisis in the Middle East and now Europe, including ISIS, the Arab Spring, and American intervention in the region.Most recently, Syrian President Bashar...
View ArticleUS officials: Russia fighter jets now seen at Syrian airfield
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia has sent fighter jets to Syria, U.S. officials said, raising the stakes in a military buildup that has put Washington on edge and led Friday to the first talks between...
View ArticleThe US signaled it's resigned to Russia's emerging plans on Syria
American and Russian military chiefs began talks Friday over Moscow's buildup in Syria, signaling the U.S. is resigned to Russia's emerging plans but anxious to avoid dangerous misunderstandings on the...
View ArticleKerry: Assad needs to go
US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has to go but the timing of his departure had to be decided through negotiation.peaking after talks with British...
View Article'The devil made me do it': Obama's foreign policy just reached a new low
The Obama administration's policy toward Syria and its more than four-year civil war is rapidly becoming a black mark on the president's legacy.And a scathing new report by Peter Baker of The New York...
View ArticleISIS burned the piano of a man who brought hope to a Syrian camp through...
Beirut (AFP) - Three years of siege, famine and bombing of his Damascus refugee camp didn't kill celebrated musician Aeham al-Ahmad, but something died inside him the day jihadists burned his beloved...
View ArticleCeasefire agreed for 3 Syria battlegrounds
Syrian pro-government forces and Islamist rebels have agreed to begin a ceasefire from midday on Sunday in three battleground districts, a monitoring group and a local official told AFP.The truce...
View Article75 US-trained rebels enter Syria from Turkey
A batch of 75 rebels newly trained by US and coalition forces in Turkey to fight jihadists have entered northern Syria, a monitoring group told AFP on Sunday. "Seventy-five new fighters trained in a...
View ArticleThe ISIS 'caliphate' is the wild card of Europe's refugee crisis
The Islamic State terror group has released a barrage of propaganda videos in the past 24 hours targeting refugees and telling them to come join the "caliphate" instead of fleeing to "xenophobic"...
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