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- Putin Accuses Turkey Of Backing Isis After It Downs Russian Warplane In Syria
Putin Accuses Turkey Of Backing ISIS After It Downs Russian Warplane In Syria ISTANBUL — Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Turkey on Tuesday of directly supporting the so-called Islamic State after Turkish forces shot down one of Russia’s...
- Report: U.s. Ground Troops In Syria To Help Kurdish Forces Battling Isis
From AFP: Beirut (AFP) – US soldiers are in Kobane, the town in northern Syria nearly destroyed in fierce fighting with the Islamic State group, to train Kurdish forces to battle the jihadists, Kurdish sources said Thursday. Mustapha Abdi, an...
- Russia Bombards Syrian Rebels Near Site Of Downed Russian Jet
From Reuters: YAYLADAGI, Turkey (Reuters) - Russian forces launched a heavy bombardment against insurgent-held areas in Syria's Latakia province on Wednesday, near where a Russian warplane had been shot down by Turkey the day before, rebels and a...
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Islamic State in Syria abducts at least 90 Christians: monitor Reuters: (Reuters) - Islamic State militants have abducted at least 90 people from Assyrian Christian villages in northeastern Syria, a monitoring group tracking violence in Syria said on...
- Isis Threatens To Conquer Turkey In New Isis Video 'message To Erdogan'
From Will at THE OTHER NEWS: ISIS Threatens To Conquer Turkey In New ISIS Video 'Message To Erdogan'.(IBTimes). The Islamic State group is threatening to “conquer” Turkey and ultimately remove Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The militant...
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Islamic State takes new ground near Turkish border
Islamic State takes new ground near Turkish border
Intense attacks began overnight and on Thursday morning IS fighters had mostly encircled the rebel-held town of Marea, some 20 km (12 miles) from the Turkish border, a rebel leader fighting against the group in the area said.
Another insurgent commander battling Islamic State said his men were fighting back in earnest to stop the jihadists from taking Marea, in clashes that had killed at least two dozen fighters on each side.
IS used "toxic gases" while shelling the town, he said. Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres recently said it had treated a family from Marea suffering symptoms of exposure to chemical agents.
The assault on Marea could prove disastrous for rebels fighting Islamic State, which has overrun swathes of Iraq and Syria over the past year.
"If its progress continues, the northern countryside of Aleppo could fall," one rebel told Reuters.
"If Marea falls, it means the fall of an important symbol of the groups fighting Daesh," he said, using an Arabic acronym for the group.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based group tracking the war, said IS had wrested control of five villages from other insurgents, including two near the Turkish border.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told Reuters on Monday his country and the United States would soon launch "comprehensive" air operations to flush IS fighters from the border region.
- Putin Accuses Turkey Of Backing Isis After It Downs Russian Warplane In Syria
Putin Accuses Turkey Of Backing ISIS After It Downs Russian Warplane In Syria ISTANBUL — Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Turkey on Tuesday of directly supporting the so-called Islamic State after Turkish forces shot down one of Russia’s...
- Report: U.s. Ground Troops In Syria To Help Kurdish Forces Battling Isis
From AFP: Beirut (AFP) – US soldiers are in Kobane, the town in northern Syria nearly destroyed in fierce fighting with the Islamic State group, to train Kurdish forces to battle the jihadists, Kurdish sources said Thursday. Mustapha Abdi, an...
- Russia Bombards Syrian Rebels Near Site Of Downed Russian Jet
From Reuters: YAYLADAGI, Turkey (Reuters) - Russian forces launched a heavy bombardment against insurgent-held areas in Syria's Latakia province on Wednesday, near where a Russian warplane had been shot down by Turkey the day before, rebels and a...
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Islamic State in Syria abducts at least 90 Christians: monitor Reuters: (Reuters) - Islamic State militants have abducted at least 90 people from Assyrian Christian villages in northeastern Syria, a monitoring group tracking violence in Syria said on...
- Isis Threatens To Conquer Turkey In New Isis Video 'message To Erdogan'
From Will at THE OTHER NEWS: ISIS Threatens To Conquer Turkey In New ISIS Video 'Message To Erdogan'.(IBTimes). The Islamic State group is threatening to “conquer” Turkey and ultimately remove Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The militant...