Syria Rebels Claim 150 Soldiers Captured | 100 in Aleppo, 50 in Idlib, report says
Syria Rebels Claim 150 Soldiers Captured
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Assad Grants Autonomy to Kurdish Region, Prompting Threats From Turkey
Syrian President Bashar Assad, amid growing unrest, has granted control of parts of northern Syria over to militant Kurds, long branded as terrorists by Turkey, in a provocation that could lead the conflict to break out internationally. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip...
Civilians Flee as Fighting Escalates in Syria’s Aleppo
Civilians Flee as Fighting Escalates in Syria’s Aleppo | US accuses military of plotting ‘massacre’
Top Syrian Defector Vies To Be Opposition’s Leader
Brigadier General Manaf Tlass, who defected from the Syrian regime earlier this month, is presenting himself as the top pick for Syria's new leader after Bashar al-Assad, whose regime is being called upon by the US and its allies to step down. "I left [Syria]… to try...
More Clashes as al-Qaeda’s Iraq Surge Escalates
More Clashes as al-Qaeda’s Iraq Surge Escalates | ‘Fierce fighting’ reported in Diyala Province
Russia: US Meddling, Calls for Assad to Step Down Are Prolonging the Conflict
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday accused the US and its allies of prolonging the Syrian conflict by supporting the rebel militias and calling for the Assad regime's unequivocal surrender. The United States and its allies in several European and Arab...
Turkey Says It ‘Will Not Tolerate’ a Kurdish Sanctuary in Syria
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he will not tolerate a Kurdish safe-haven in Syria following reports that Kurdish rebels and a Syrian Kurdish political party had taken control of large swathes of territory along the Turkish-Syrian border. Erdogan...
Syrian Military, Rebels Rush Reinforcements to Aleppo
Syrian Military, Rebels Rush Reinforcements to Aleppo | Civilians prepare to flee as major battle looms
Al-Qaeda Infiltrating Syrian Opposition, With US Support
Al-Qaeda militants and other Sunni extremists are becoming a greater and greater part of the conflict in Syria, just as the US officially announced it was abandoning any pretense of a diplomatic approach in favor of toppling the regime through proxy rebel groups. "The...
Like Afghan Counterparts, Syrian Rebels Now Using IEDs
The Syrian rebel militias have learned how to make improvised explosive devices and plan to make them a primary tool in the increasingly guerrilla-style war against the regime of Bashar al-Assad. "Presents for Bashar al-Assad, we are holding a party for him here and...
