A Compendium of reports on the current War on Islam
Rebels blast several army checkpoints, military campaigns continue on Raqa and Homs Today’s Top Stories Regime intense shelling left dozens of people dead and wounded in Raqa, Homs, Idlib and Damascus. Dozens of soldiers killed and injured as rebel fighters blasted nine military checkpoints across the country. The number of Syrian refugees topped the one […]
Regime steps up attacks on Raqa and Homs, fighting escalates near Damascus Today’s Top Stories Dozens killed and injured due to unprecedented shelling in Homs and Raqa. Rebels killed and injured dozens of regime forces in Damascus and Homs. Syrian parliament approved the US1 billon credit facility agreement between Syria and Iran Today’s Top Videos […]
221 Syrians killed today most of them in Hama Today’s Top Stories Dozens killed and injured due to explosions and heavy shelling in the suburbs of Hama. Regime forces brace for a major offensive on the Aleppo suburb of Sfeera. Heavy fighting continued in Damascus as the rebels gained advances in Idlib and Raqa. Today’s […]
Defections and weather conditions help Syrians against air strikes Today’s Top Stories Lower number of casualties reported due to the reduction in air raids carried by regime forces. Syrian Air Force pilot fled to Turkey with his MiG fighter jet. Regime forces executed dozens of civilians including women and children in Damascus and Idlib. Today’s […]
Rebels make further gains in Damascus and Aleppo Today’s Top Stories Airport fighting continued as the rebel fighters edge closer toward taking the infantry academy in Aleppo. Regime forces committed the second massacre in the neighborhood of Bustan Qaser in Aleppo city in less than a week. Syria was ranked 144 out of 176 countries […]
Airport fighting intensifies, rebels shoot down six warplanes Today’s Top Stories Fighting for the country’s main airport continued for the third consecutive day. The Syrian National Coalition edged closer toward forming a transitional government. Regime forces continued their attacks on opposition areas, killing as many as 172 people. Today’s Top Videos Bait Sahem, Damascus Suburb: Regime […]
As President Bashar al-Assad discussed a ceasefire for Syria last week, his tanks continued to crush northern rebel strongholds. In this dispatch from the town of Saraqeb, John Cantlie describes an assault at first hand. – By John Cantlie The sound of the caterpillar tracks could be felt as much as heard, a deep rumble […]
- By AFP/NOW Lebanon Syrian army troops on Wednesday shelled the Homs district of Khaldiyeh, a day after at least 14 civilians were killed in heavy bombardment, an activist in the city said. “Khaldiyeh is being bombed, with shells and rockets, for a second day,” Hadi Abdullah of the Syrian Revolution General Commission told AFP […]
• Messages show Bashar al-Assad took advice from Iran • Leader made light of promised reforms • Wife spent thousands on jewellery and furniture – By Robert Booth, Mona Mahmood and Luke Harding Bashar al-Assad took advice from Iran on how to handle the uprising against his rule, according to a cache of what appear to be several […]
