Tag: Syria

Deadly drone, artillery strikes launched against IS from Turkey- report

Deadly drone, artillery strikes launched against IS from Turkey- report

May 02, – The strikes were in response to repeated rocket fire by IS jihadists inside Syria on the Turkish border region of Kilis that has killed 18 people inside Turkey since the start of the year. Turkish artillery have launched deadly strikes on Islamic State (IS) positions in Syria, while drones that took off […]

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Residents flee as air strikes shake Syria’s Aleppo

Residents flee as air strikes shake Syria’s Aleppo

Apr 30, – Aleppo was left out of a new temporary US-Russian brokered truce that appeared to be holding in the regime stronghold of Latakia as well as Damascus and the nearby rebel bastion of Eastern Ghouta. Terrified residents fled a new wave of air strikes on rebel-held areas of Syria’s divided city of Aleppo […]

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Car bomb kills 18 rebels in southern Syria

Car bomb kills 18 rebels in southern Syria

Mar 02, – Four leaders of the Syrian Revolutionaries Front were among the dead after unknown assailants targeted the group in a village in Quneitra province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. A car bomb killed at least 18 members of a Western-backed rebel coalition in southern Syria on Wednesday, a monitoring group said. […]

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IS suicide IS suicide 10 tourists in Istanbul

IS suicide IS suicide 10 tourists in Istanbul

Jan 12, – Turkey has been hit by a string of deadly attacks this year, but Tuesday’s bombing was the first time in recent memory tourists had been targeted in the heart of the city. A Syrian suicide bomber on Tuesday struck the heart of Istanbul’s busiest tourist district, killing 10 people, most of them […]

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Syria, Russian air strikes kill 42 in Raqqa

Syria, Russian air strikes kill 42 in Raqqa

Nov 06, – Air strikes by Russian warplanes on the Islamic State-held Syrian city of Raqqa killed 42 people earlier this week, including 27 civilians, monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday. Fifteen Islamic State fighters made up the remainder of the death toll, the Britain-based Observatory said, after a series […]

November 6, 2015 | By | Reply More
Experts and locals scrambling to document Syria’s heritage

Experts and locals scrambling to document Syria’s heritage

Sep 23, – The rush is on to find creative and often high-tech ways to protect Syria’s millennia-long cultural heritage in the face of the threat that much of it could be erased by the country’s war, now in its fifth year. Giving the drive new urgency, experts are desperate to stay a step ahead […]

September 23, 2015 | By | Reply More
Israeli aircraft strike Gaza after rocket fire

Israeli aircraft strike Gaza after rocket fire

Sep 19, – The early morning air strikes targeted two training camps belonging to the Islamist group Hamas, causing no injuries, officials and witnesses said. Israel carried out air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Saturday after Palestinian militants there fired rockets into southern Israel. Gaza militants fired at least two rockets into Israel late […]

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Australian warplanes make first air strike in Syria

Australian warplanes make first air strike in Syria

Sep 16, – “This is part of our logical extension in the fight against Daesh to operate not just over northern Iraq but also to operate over eastern Syria in order to degrade and destroy Daesh Forces,” the minister told reporters using the Arabic acronym for Islamic State. Australian fighter jets have carried out their […]

September 16, 2015 | By | Reply More
’19 dead’ in rebel fire on Syria’s Aleppo

’19 dead’ in rebel fire on Syria’s Aleppo

Sep 15, – State television also reported 95 people wounded in rocket attacks on neighbourhoods in the west of Aleppo. At least 19 people were killed Tuesday by rebel rocket fire on government-held parts of Syria’s northern city of Aleppo, state media said. That area is controlled by regime forces while rebels are in the […]

September 15, 2015 | By | Reply More
Syria- Israeli air raids kill 5 civilians, 1 soldier

Syria- Israeli air raids kill 5 civilians, 1 soldier

Aug 21, – The drone targeted a “civilian car” in the village of Kom, killing five, the report said, adding that the strike was close to a busy market. Israel’s air force carried out a drone strike in southern Syria on Friday, killing five civilians, while a soldier was killed and seven wounded in an […]

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