Al Nusrah Front
Syrian rebels unhappy with coalition airstrikes
Tag Archives: Syria
Islamic State
Are Turkish troops trapped at Syrian tomb?
CIA
US civilian casualty standard eased in Iraq, Syria
Islamic State advances near Kobane
The two-week-old offensive is reaching closer to the Kurdish city of Kobane in northern Syria.
Afghanistan
EU antiterrorism chief Gilles de Kerchove on IS threat
AQAP official calls on rival factions in Syria to unite against West
Nasser bin Ali al Ansi, an AQAP leader, is featured in a new video calling on rival jihadists in Iraq and Syria to unite against their common enemies. Al Ansi says the jihadists should form a “coalition” to strike America.
Al Nusrah Front
Will Lebanon swap prisoners with Islamic State, Al Nusrah?
Islamic State
Jordan on high alert for possible IS retaliation
Syria
The Islamic State has seized 325 Kurdish villages around Ayn al Arab. The Islamic State beheaded four YPG fighters, three of whom were female, and displayed their heads in Jarabulus. The leader of Kurdish PYD forces called for weapons for Kurdish fighters outgunned by the Islamic State in Kobani. Turkey claimed that the Islamic State […]
Al Qaeda
‘One and the same’? Officials give conflicting statements on al Qaeda ties to ‘Khorasan’
Iraq
Special Report: Islamic State uses grain to tighten grip in Iraq
Austria
Schoolgirl jihadis: the female Islamists leaving home to join Islamic State fighters
Syria
What’s in a name: Obama’s anonymous war against the Islamic State in Iraq, Syria
Al Nusrah Front leader says Americans and Europeans will pay the ‘tax’ of war
Abu Muhammad al Julani seeks to undermine public support for airstrikes in Syria by arguing that citizens in the West, and not just their rulers, will pay the price for the war. Julani also discusses Al Nusrah’s fight against Hezbollah and urges jihadists not to join the West in the fight against the Islamic State.
Al Nusrah Front
US-led Raids Hit Jihadist Oil, Command Posts in Syria
Syria
Coalition airstrikes hit the large Koniko gas plant in Deir Izzour, which also houses an Islamic State prison; granaries in the IS-held city of Manbej in Aleppo; three local oil refineries and a plastics factory in Raqqah; and in Markadah in Hasakah. About 1,500 Kurdish fighters have joined the YPG in recent days to battle […]
Iraq
Islamic State targeted air strikes could be extended to Syria, Britain’s PM hints
Al Nusrah Front
Syria’s Qaeda chief warns West against continued strikes
Al Nusrah Front
Al Qaeda Leader Warns of Revenge for Airstrikes
Iraq
Obama: US underestimated rise of ISIS in Iraq and Syria
Iraq
Obama Says US Underestimated the Rise of ISIS
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda figure killed by US strike in Syria: monitoring group
Iraq
PKK commander threatens to resume war
Al Nusrah Front
U.S. struggles to blunt Syria rebel anger at strikes
Syria
The Islamic State advanced in Hasakah after clashes with Kurdish YPG forces. Coalition airstrikes targeted the Islamic State in Aleppo, Deir Izzour, and Homs; coalition airstrikes were carried out also in Deraa, Hama, Hasakah, and Idlib. The pace of the air campaign in Syria is said to be now similar to that in Iraq, with […]
Airstrikes in Syria continue to focus on Islamic State, not al Qaeda
Al Qaeda and its allies in Syria were struck by US warplanes on the first day, but have not been targeted since.
Iraq
US hits jihadists in Syria as UK bombers fly over Iraq
Al Nusrah Front
Arab nations join Syria strikes as Al Nusrah Front threatens retaliation
Islamic State
US, Defending Kurds in Syria, Expands Airstrikes Against Islamic State Militants
Islamic State
US-led air strikes hit IS on Syria’s border with Turkey