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Syria army foils ISIL attack on air base, killing dozens: NGO

Sat Aug 23, 2014 18:07:46

Syrian army has thwarted another attack by the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) Takfiri militants on an air base in Raqqa province, killing 14 and wounding 150 terrorists, an activist group says.

US preparing to expand Iraq-war to Syria

Sat Aug 23, 2014 16:27:46

The United States is reportedly preparing to extend the just-started war on the radical groups in Iraq to neighboring Syria, heading toward a controversial war that Washington sought to engage in to overthrow the Syrian President.

US hints military strikes on ISIL positions in Syria

Sat Aug 23, 2014 15:12:42

Washington has suggested that it might attempt to strike positions of ISIL Takfiri elements in Syria following the recent beheading of a US journalist by the foreign-backed terrorist group.

1,500 British Takfiris fighting in Mid-East: MP

Sat Aug 23, 2014 14:00:50

A UK lawmaker has emphasized that at least 1,500 young British Takfiri elements have travelled to the Middle East to engage in insurgency and terror campaigns against local governments.

Syria army inflict heavy blows on insurgents in Mleiha

Sat Aug 23, 2014 09:41:51

Syrian army troops have continued with its military operations against intruding foreign-backed insurgents across the country inflicting heavy blows on their forces.

UN says over 191,000 killed in Syria since 2011

Sat Aug 23, 2014 08:29:45

The number of dead in Syria’s conflict more than doubled in the past year to at least 191,000, the United Nations human rights office says.

ISIL militants on rapid rise in Austria: Govt. warns

Fri Aug 22, 2014 21:18:01

Authorities suspect around 130 people resident in Austria - most of them foreign nationals - have allied themselves with Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants fighting abroad, officials in Vienna said on Friday, raising their estimate by nearly a third.

Dutch FM: War against ISIL must go to Syria

Fri Aug 22, 2014 20:37:58

Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans said on Friday that the fight against so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorists can only be successful if the extremist militants are confronted in Syria as well as Iraq.

UK must build bridges with Assad to tackle ISIL: Ex-Army Chief

Fri Aug 22, 2014 17:45:17

Britain's former head of the army Lord Dannatt suggested the West needed to recognize that it had misread the situation in Syria, where it has called for Assad to give up power, and seek the government's assistance in combating the group.

Syria war death toll tops 180,000: Observatory

Fri Aug 22, 2014 09:47:29

The death toll from Syria’s war has topped 180,000 people and could be as high as a quarter-million, a leading opposition group says.

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