Tag Archives: Syria

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant summarily executed two Shiite teenagers in Nubbul on the outskirts of Aleppo; ISIL claimed to have killed them in response to “a lack of commitment in an exchange of abductees,” activists said. Rebels clashed with regime and Hezbollah forces in Thiyabiya. The Liwa’ Jabhet al-Akrad brigade retreated […]

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a priest who had tried to negotiate prisoner releases with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant was killed after being detained in an ISIL prison for over two weeks. ISIL fighters took over the Raqqah city base of the Qatar-backed Ahfad al-Rasool brigade after a week […]

The Al Nusrah Front claimed 10 bombings in Aleppo between July 26 and Aug. 3. The fate of an Italian priest who disappeared after going to Raqqah on July 29 to meet with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is unknown; a report yesterday said he had been executed. Syrians protested outside an […]

The US military’s top general said that the Assad regime is moving its chemical weapons frequently to keep them secure. Protesters in Raqqah city have demonstrated against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant for the past 15 days, demanding the release of hundreds of detained persons, including a missing priest. ISIL fighters attacked […]

Kurdish forces are extending their control in northeastern Syria; a member of the Free Syrian Army’s military council said the FSA would fight to keep the Kurds from dividing Syria. Rebel forces currently hold areas in the north near the Turkish border and a corridor along the Euphrates river to Iraq, while the regime controls […]

Regime airstrikes in Latakia have reportedly killed at least 30 people in Latakia and Raqqah; many of the rebels in Latakia are said to be from the Al Nusrah Front. Massoud Barzani, the president of Iraqi Kurdistan, vowed to defend Kurdish citizens in Syria against al Qaeda-linked forces. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said […]

Regime forces reportedly executed 12 civilians in Aleppo, including a woman. The Al Nusrah Front, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, and rebel fighters bombarded a village in Raqqah.The Qatar-backed Ahfad al-Rasul brigade clashed with ISIL in Raqqah. In Hasakah, a motorcycle bomb detonated, and the Al Nusrah Front, ISIL, and rebel fighters […]

Rebels led by two al Qaeda affiliates, the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, have killed over 200 people, captured dozens of villages, and seized an airport over the past two days in an Alawite area. Rebels are targeting aviation hubs in Aleppo as well, including the Kweiris military […]

The Al Nusrah Front took away several Kurdish civilians from a family in Aleppo. Kurdish forces clashed with regime troops fleeing Minnegh military airport and took over two military tanks. The Minnegh facility was seized by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, al-Fateh brigade, and several other rebel battalions after a Saudi suicide […]

Rebel forces, including the Free Syrian Army and the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, captured Menagh air base near Aleppo after a suicide bomber detonated inside the base, which has been besieged for months. Rebels also captured four towns near Latakia. President Assad called the Syrian National Coalition a “failure” and […]

Rebels launched an offensive in the port city of Latakia. The Al Nusrah Front killed a mother and her nine children after accusing them of killing a truck driver who was delivering crude oil to Aleppo. The Shariah Council of Aleppo issued a decree barring the transport of food, medical supplies, diapers, fuel, and building […]

Several rebel groups, including the al Qaeda-linked Al Nusrah Front, seized a weapons depot near Damascus. The Syrian National Coalition urged warring Kurds and jihadists in Hasakah province to “exercise restraint.” A member of the Salafist Hizb Ut-Tahrir claimed that two Lebanese brothers were killed, one as a suicide bomber, during an offensive by the […]