Sourced : TASS Six long-range Tu-22M3 bombers of Russia’s Aerospace Forces on Tuesday morning used high-explosive ammunition to hit terrorist facilities in Syria, Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a statement obtained by TASS. “In the morning of July 12, six long-range Tu-22M3 bombers, which took off from the home airfield on the territory of the… Continue reading SIX RUSSIAN STRATEGIC BOMBERS DESTROY MILITANT CAMP, 3 DEPOTS IN SYRIA
Category: Conflict
WITH EGYPT’S BLESSING, ISRAEL CONDUCTING DRONE STRIKES IN SINAI
By Judah Ari Gross and AP Sourced : The Times of Israel Israel has carried out drone strikes against terrorists operating in the Sinai Peninsula in recent years, according to a Bloomberg news report Monday that quoted an unnamed former senior official. The airstrikes were conducted with Egypt’s knowledge and blessing, according to the ex-official,… Continue reading WITH EGYPT’S BLESSING, ISRAEL CONDUCTING DRONE STRIKES IN SINAI
ISIS’S MAIN SYRIA-TURKEY SUPPLY ROUTE CUT
By Arutz Sheva North America Staff Arab-Kurdish fighters backed by the United States on Friday cut the Islamic State (ISIS) group’s main supply route between Syria and Turkey in a major setback for the jihadists. ISIS has come under growing pressure on various fronts in Syria and Iraq, where it established its self-declared “caliphate” in… Continue reading ISIS’S MAIN SYRIA-TURKEY SUPPLY ROUTE CUT
SYRIA TROOPS REACH AL-RAQQAH PROVINCE, ISIS FIGHRTING ON FOUR FRONTS
By Bassem Mroue Associated Press Syrian troops reached the edge of the northern province of Al-Raqqah on Saturday, home to the de facto capital of the Islamic State group’s self-styled caliphate, in a push that leaves the extremists fighting fierce battles on four fronts in Syria and neighboring Iraq. ISIS, which controls large swaths of… Continue reading SYRIA TROOPS REACH AL-RAQQAH PROVINCE, ISIS FIGHRTING ON FOUR FRONTS
IGNORING TURKEY, U.S BACKS KURDS IN DRIVE AGAINAST ISIS IN SYRIA
Sourced : The Washington Post By Liz Sly and Karen DeYoung A U.S.-backed force of Kurds and Arabs advanced toward an important Islamic State transit town in Syria on Wednesday, brushing aside Turkish opposition to the involvement of Kurds in operations to recapture the strategically vital area. U.S. commandos are accompanying the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic… Continue reading IGNORING TURKEY, U.S BACKS KURDS IN DRIVE AGAINAST ISIS IN SYRIA
TURKEY WANTS JOINT OPERATION WITH USA IN SYRIA, BUT WITHOUT KURDS
Sourced : Sputniknews Turkey is discussing with the USA a joint special operation in Syria on condition that it does not include Kurdish militia forces, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said. “If we join forces, they [USA] have their own special forces and we have our special forces,” the minister was quoted as saying by… Continue reading TURKEY WANTS JOINT OPERATION WITH USA IN SYRIA, BUT WITHOUT KURDS
AN IED ON A LIFE RAFT KILLS A TURKISH COAST GUARD SAILOR CLOSE TO SYRIAN WATERS
Sourced : Bosphorus Naval News A Turkish Coast Guard sailor died (according to different Turkish sources the victims were three sailors) and a fisherman wounded when a life raft with two bodies on it exploded. The incident happened off the coast of Samandağ in Hatay province, in the morning of 22nd May 2016. According to… Continue reading AN IED ON A LIFE RAFT KILLS A TURKISH COAST GUARD SAILOR CLOSE TO SYRIAN WATERS
ISIS HIT PESHMERGA ON GWER FRONT WITH CHEMICAL WEAPONS INJURING 14 SOLDIERS
Sourced : RUDAW ISIS militants carried out a chemical attack on Peshmerga front lines on Saturday, wounding 14 Peshmerga, Sirwan Barzani, Peshmerga Commander of the Gwer-Makhmour front said. Barzani said that Islamic State militants attacked Peshmerga fronts with heavy weapons armed with poison gas late on Saturday afternoon. Fourteen Peshmerga were wounded. “The conditions of… Continue reading ISIS HIT PESHMERGA ON GWER FRONT WITH CHEMICAL WEAPONS INJURING 14 SOLDIERS
ISIL “CV’S” REVEAL BRITISH ELECTRONIC ENGINEER,NORWEGIAN PILOT AND TURKISH NATO OFFICER
Sourced : The Telegraph By Josie Ensor From an experienced electronic engineer at a British company to a Turkish Nato officer and a Norwegian helicopter pilot, leaked “CVs” of some of Isil’s most elite fighters reveal just how experienced the group’s foreign command are. The files contain the names of 368 Islamic State fighters enrolled… Continue reading ISIL “CV’S” REVEAL BRITISH ELECTRONIC ENGINEER,NORWEGIAN PILOT AND TURKISH NATO OFFICER
U.S UPS PRESSURE ON ISIS WITH FIRST B-52 BOMBER STRIKE
Sourced : AFP The US Air Force for the first time deployed a B-52 bomber against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Pentagon said Wednesday as it ramps up a 20-month campaign to smash the jihadists. The bombing mission, in which a hulking B-52 destroyed a weapons storage facility south of Mosul,… Continue reading U.S UPS PRESSURE ON ISIS WITH FIRST B-52 BOMBER STRIKE