Syria
How will the anti-ISIL fight impact the Kurdish peace bid?
The entire Middle East is passing through dire straits as the world’s most brutal terror organization, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), consolidates its power in Iraq and Syria, storming both countries and turning the lives of non-Sunni communities into a nightmare.
Today’s ‘moderate,’ tomorrow’s ‘radical’
The U.S. Senate on Sept. 18 approved a bill to authorize President Barack Obama to provide equipment and training for Syrian rebel forces in order for them to fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), both in Syria and in Iraq.
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Turkey opens border after tension between Syrian Kurds fleeing ISIL and security forces
Turkish authorities opened the border with Syria on Sept. 19 to let hundreds of Kurds fleeing from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) to cross into Turkey
Turkey to provide assistance to fleeing Syrian Kurds inside Syria: PM
Syrians fleeing from jihadist violence will be provided with shelter and assistance inside Syria, Davutoğlu has said, adding that they could cross into Turkey in the event of increased security threats
UN halts measles vaccine campaign in Syria after 15 children die
United Nations agencies said a measles vaccination campaign in northern Syria had been halted after 15 children died following inoculations
ISIL posts video of captive British journalist John Cantlie
John Cantlie been detained along with a Dutch photographer by extremists in Syria in July 2012 but was reportedly released after nine days
ISIL seizes 21 Kurdish villages in northern Syria, close in on Kobane
ISIL fighters using heavy weapons have seized a string of villages around Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab, as they close in on Syria's third largest Kurdish town
Spain to replace Dutch in Turkey Patriot missile deployment
Spain will send a Patriot anti-ballistic missile battery to Turkey's southern border with Syria as part of a NATO initiative, Defence Minister Pedro Morenes said
France detains six people suspected of recruiting jihadists
Six people have been detained in France on suspicion of recruiting candidates for jihad, a judicial source said Wednesday, as the number of French citizens travelling to Iraq and Syria increases.
Hundreds of Balkan Jihadists Have Joined ISIS, CIA Says
Bosnia, Kosovo and Albania are the main recruiting grounds in the Balkans for radical Islamists seeking fighters for the wars in Syria and Iraq. In terms of numbers, they come just behind Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia, Radio Free Europe, RFE, reported on Tuesday.