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Dec 7, 2014, Eretz Zen Israeli fighter jets bombed on Sunday afternoon targets around the civilian Damascus International Airport and al-Dimas near the Lebanese border, causing only material damage, according to official sources in Syria. The report said the attacks targeted areas where no fighting is taking place, while several …
Read More »Israeli Jets Bomb a Weapons Warehouse in Damascus
Dec 8, 2014, Al-Masdar News On Sunday Morning, Israeli Air Force jets violated Syrian airspace and bombarded a weapons warehouse located in the city of Al-Dimaas (west of Damascus), causing material damage to the building. A Syrian military source stated that the target was an old weapons warehouse that the …
Read More »Israeli airstrikes hit near Damascus airport – Syrian state TV
Dec 7, 2014, Russia Today Israeli airstrikes have hit targets near Damascus International Airport and in the town of Dimas near the Lebanon border, Syrian state TV reports. “The Israeli enemy committed aggression against Syria by targeting two safe areas in Damascus province, in all of Dimas and near the …
Read More »Syrian Army Gets Closer to ISIL Centers in Raqqa after Liberating ISIL-Held Areas in Hasakeh [VIDEO]
Nov 23, 2014, Eretz Zen The Syrian Army has been making advances in Syria’s northeastern province of al-Hasakeh, while gaining control of areas that have been withheld by various militants for a long time, most recently the Islamic State (IS, aka ISIL or ISIS). The latest advances enable the Syrian …
Read More »Telegraph Report: Syria’s Ancient and Dwindling Christian Community Facing Militant Threats
Nov 23, 2014, Eretz Zen The Telegraph’s Ruth Sherlock visits the Syrian town of Izraa, home one of the world’s oldest Christian communities, which is increasingly under threat by ongoing fighting in the region. Home to one of the oldest Christian communities in the world, the Syrian agricultural town of …
Read More »Bodyguard of Syrian rebel who defected to Isil reveals secrets of the jihadist leadership
Before joining Isil Saddam Jamal had been a drug dealer and a commander in the FSA Nov 10, 2014, The Telegraph Saddam Jamal held the mother and father at gunpoint and forced them to watch as his jihadist comrade murdered their children, one by one. The Isil commander felt no …
Read More »Isis in Syria: In the shadow of death, a few thousand Christians remain to defy militants
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, …
Read More »Syrian government forces retake gas field from Islamic State
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 …
Read More »ISIS fighters withdraw from Syria’s embattled Kobani – RT sources
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 …
Read More »ISIS Kills 900 Syrian Tribesmen in Crackdown on Revolt
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 …
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