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Kurdish-held cities in northeastern Syria more vulnerable to ISIS attacks

31 July 2016

ARA News AMUDE – A gunman was killed in the Kurdish city of Amude in northeastern Syria while trying to carry out a terror attack, local sources reported on Saturday. Eyewitnesses and local activists told ARA News an attacker tried to place an explosive device […]

Defeating Islamic State On the frontline with the Peshmerga

31 July 2016

The majority of these Peshmerga soldiers are already battlefield tested – the history of the Kurds is of a constant battle to protect their people and their land. BNASLAWA, Iraq – There’s barely a sound, but all of a sudden, a fluorescent-red smoke plume rises. […]

Many Islamic State leaders trying to flee to Syria Iraqi minister

31 July 2016

Many Islamic State leaders have fled Mosul with their families toward Syria ahead of a planned offensive by U.S.-backed Iraqi forces on the city, Iraq’s defense minister said on Saturday. Khaled al-Obeidi said he had intelligence of increasing conflict, especially over financial issues, among ultra-hardline […]

At the Front in a Scarred Falluja

31 July 2016

I accompanied Iraq’s elite counterterrorism force and other units from the Iraqi military and the federal police into Falluja at the end of June, during the final days of their long battle to wrest back control of the city from the Islamic State. Falluja was […]

Belgium charges man with planned terror attack

31 July 2016

One of two brothers arrested in Belgium in an anti-terror operation has been charged with attempting to commit “terrorist murder”. Prosecutors said the 33-year-old man, named as Nourredine H, is also accused of being part of a terrorist group. He and his brother, named as […]

Libya turns into hotbed of internationan terrorism near Europe

31 July 2016

Libya still remains in a state of civil war. The economy of the country is in ruins, the Libyan society is disintegrated. Pravda.Ru talked about the current state of affairs in the war-torn country, as well as about the need for Russia’s presence there, in […]

PYD terrorists confiscate medicines meant for wounded in Qamishli attack

31 July 2016

The head of Syria’s Kurdish National Council has accused the PYD – the Syrian arm of the terrorist PKK – of confiscating medicines sent by Iraq’s Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) to people wounded in a bombing attack Wednesday. Speaking late Friday to Anadolu Agency, Ibrahim […]

CIA chief not optimistic Syria will remain one country

31 July 2016

ohn Brennan fears it may be impossible to save Syria from partition, amid conflict in which nearly 400,000 have died.The head of the US Central Intelligence Agency has said he is not optimistic about the future of Syria remaining one country. John Brennan’s comments are […]

Russia-Syria Aleppo Operation Paves Way for Resumption of Geneva Talks

31 July 2016

The Russian-Syrian large scale humanitarian operation in Syria’s Aleppo may trigger the next round of proximity talks in Geneva. United Nations (UN) special envoy Staffan de Mistura (C-L) sits facing Syria’s main opposition group during Syrian peace talks at the UN Offices in Geneva. (File) […]

Syria: Reports of civilian deaths in US-led strikes

31 July 2016

Coalition raids kill civilians, as US greets with suspicion Russian plan for “safe corridors” for Aleppo civilians.At least 28 civilians have reportedly been killed and several wounded in US-led air strikes on the suburbs of the northern Syrian city of Manbij, according to a monitoring […]

Nusra Front Splits From Al-Qaeda and Renames Itself

31 July 2016

The Nusra Front, one of the strongest radical Islamist groups in Syria, announced Thursday that it was splitting from its global sponsor Al-Qaeda and rebranding itself in a bid to prevent it being targeted as an extremist group by the U.S.-led coalition and Russian air […]

Naim Qassem: solution to presidency is clear, known

31 July 2016

NNA – Deputy Secretary General of Hezbollah, Sheikh Naim Qassem said on Thursday during a graduation ceremony in Batoul “as for the selection of the President of the Republic, the road to the presidential solution is clear and well known. If a political solution for […]

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