ISIS Finally Admits the Death of Its Leader

ISIS leader Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi has been confirmed to be dead by a spokesman from the radical Islamic terror group. He was killed in mid-October by the Free Syrian Army in Daraa, and ISIS immediately named a successor.

Free Syrian Army Seeks Help From Turkey Against Assad

The Free Syrian Army has joined Turkish soldiers in the attack into northern Syria against the Kurds in Afrin. The FSA formed to fight the Assad regime and supposedly for democracy, but now they are back Erdogan’s forces hoping to gain support from Turkey. In mid-January, a delegation from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) traveled […]

Watch: Syrian rebels shoot down Russian Su-25, kill pilot in firefight

According to reports emerging in Russian media, a Russian fighter was shot down by Syrian rebels on Saturday while conducting air strike operations near the city of Maasran in Idlib, Syria. The pilot reportedly successfully ejected from the aircraft, but was killed in a firefight with rebels who were attempting to take him prisoner. Details […]

Trump tells Erdogan to curb Turkey’s Afrin offensive in Syria

U.S. President Donald Trump told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to curtail his country’s military operations in Syria’s Afrin and avoid risk of conflict with American forces, the White House said. In a phone call on Wednesday, “President Trump relayed concerns that escalating violence in Afrin, Syria, risks undercutting our shared goals in Syria,” the […]

Syrian rebels say Iran won the war for Assad

Commanders in the Free Syrian Army (FSA), part of the opposition forces which have fought for years against the regime of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, claimed that without Iranian intervention they would have won the war. In an interview with Al Jazeera, Fateh Hassoun and Bashar al-Zoubi both cited the strong rebel gains being made […]

Syrian army, militias attack rebels in southeast desert

Syrian troops and Iranian-backed militias launched an assault on Bedouin villages in southeast Syria on Monday to consolidate control of a swathe of desert stretching to the Iraqi border, Western-backed rebels said. The rebels said they came under attack at dawn in a sparsely populated desert area that lies east of the pro-government controlled city […]

U.S. envoy visits Syria to talk post-Raqqa plans

The U.S. special envoy to the coalition against the Islamic State on Wednesday met with leaders of a council consisting of members from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) who plan on administering the Syrian city of Raqqa following the eventual collapse of the ISIS stronghold. Brett McGurk, who was appointed by the State Department has […]

Syrian army exploiting territory lost by Islamic State forces

Military forces from the regime of Bashar al-Assad, along with Iranian-sponsored militias, are moving quickly to capture territory abandoned by the Islamic State as they retreat in the face of the U.S.-led coalition’s campaign in Syria, Reuters reports. Syrian rebel commanders reported on the government troop movements Monday, saying Assad forces were moving quickly with […]

Syrian forces and rebels fight fierce clashes in northeast Damascus

Syrian rebels launched a major offensive on Sunday that brought them close to the heart of the Old City of Damascus, and government forces responded with intense bombardments of rebel-held areas. The escalation, reported by witnesses, state TV, rebel sources, and a monitoring group, marked a bid by the rebels to relieve army pressure on […]

Plan to defeat Islamic State will potentially increase military commitment in Syria

The Department of Defense’s plan to defeat the Islamic State, as directed by President Trump to Secretary of Defense James Mattis to prepare over a month ago, is complete and ready for the President. The plan reportedly reflects the rapidly changing conditions on the ground in Iraq and Syria against ISIS, where the terrorist group’s […]

CIA-backed aid for Syrian rebels frozen after Islamist attack – sources

CIA-coordinated military aid for rebels in northwest Syria has been frozen since they came under major attack last month by radical Islamic militants, rebel sources said, raising doubts about foreign support key to their war against President Bashar al-Assad. Rebel officials said that no official explanation had been given for the move this month following […]

Russian jets pound Syrian city of Deraa after rebel gains

Russian jets pounded rebel-held areas of the Syrian city of Deraa on Tuesday for a second day in the first such intensive bombing campaign since Moscow’s major intervention in Syria more than a year ago, rebels and witnesses said. Rebel groups on Sunday stormed the heavily-garrisoned Manshiya district in a battle dubbed “Death rather than […]