News From Syria

  Nov 12, 2014, The Independent Just 15 miles from the frontline of Isis, which persecutes their faith, the Christians of Qamishli gathered in the Church of the Holy Virgin for the wedding of Malek Aissa and Ilana Hacho. The bride was a priest’s sister, the bridegroom a computer engineer, …

Nov 6, 2014, Reuters Syrian government forces and allied armed groups recaptured a gas field from Islamic State fighters on Thursday, a monitoring group said. The Sha’ar gas field in central Syria has changed hands four times since July, when Islamic State fighters first seized it and killed about 350 …

Oct 17, 2014, RT [VIDEO AT RT.COM] Islamic State fighters have been driven out of Kobani, the Kurdish town that straddles the Syrian-Turkish border, after weeks of heavy fighting, according to Kurdish sources speaking to RT. A Kurdish commander said that ISIS retreated overnight – withdrawing by 2 km east …

Aug 18, 2014, Antiwar.com Growing reports of massive death tolls are coming out of eastern Syria, where earlier this  month, the Shueitat tribe rebelled against ISIS rule, ousting them from several villages and burning an ISIS headquarters to the ground. Over the weekend, it was reported that some 700 tribesmen …

Jul 27, 2014, Press TV Newly-released video footage shows the ISIL Takfiri terrorists summarily executing at least 50 Syrian government soldiers in the troubled northern Syria. The decapitated heads of several soldiers are shown mounted on poles on top of a fence at an army base in the northern province of …

23 July 14, Reader Supported News   Human rights activists are calling it the bloodiest 48 hours of the Syrian conflict to date. Over the course of Thursday and Friday, they say, more than 700 people were killed in clashes between the militant group known as the Islamic State of …

Jul 18, 2014, Daily Sabah The Islamic state of Iraq and al-Sham has seized a natural gas field in eastern Syria from forces loyal to President Assad and killed at least 23 people as part of efforts to strengthen its presence in the country. Militant group the Islamic state of …

Jul 20, 2014, International Business Times In separate incidents in a span of 24 hours, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) carried out executions against two woman in Syria, sentencing them to death by stoning over allegations of “adultery”. Unconfirmed reports claim that in at least one case, the …

Jul 22, 2014 The so-called “moderate” terrorists that Obama wants to give $500 million of US taxpayers money recently filmed themselves blowing up a gas pipeline that runs along the Damascus-Qaryatein road in the eastern Homs countryside. The gas pipeline is vital to many industries operating in the area and …

Jun 30, 2014, al Akhbar Militant Islamist fighters held a parade in Syria’s northern Raqqa province to celebrate their declaration of an Islamic “caliphate” after the group captured territory in neighboring Iraq, a monitoring service said. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) posted pictures online on Sunday of …