Posted by Emine Dilek on July 15, 2013 · 4 Comments
Free Syrian Army (FSA) commander Kamal Hamami, also known as Abu Basir al-Ladkani, was shot dead following a meeting with the Al-Qaeda militants in the Syrian port city of Latakia on July 11th. Also a Supreme Military Council member, Hamami was meeting with members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) , FSA spokesman Qassem Saadeddine informed Reuters. Spokesman added that ISIL, an Al Qaeda affiliate in Syria, has threatened to kill all of the group’s senior commanders. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group is the umbrella organization for a long list of insurgency…
Category general, News, World · Tags al –Qaeda, Al Nusra, Assad, Free Syrian Army (FSA), ISIL, Kamal Hamami, Middle East, Syria conflict, Syrian civil war, Syrian jihadists, syrian rebels, Syrian Regime, The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, US arms to Syria
Posted by Emine Dilek on July 9, 2013 · 4 Comments
According to a new report on Alsumaria TV, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki and Iraqi Kurdistan Region’s president Massoud Barzani both confirmed that the weapons given to Syrian opposition groups end up in Al Qaida’s hands and are being used in Al Qaeda’s activities inside Iraq. Speaking at a press conference held on July 7, together with Iraq’s Kurdistan Region’s president Massoud Barzani, Al Maliki added, “We looked into the Syrian crisis which is the cause of the Syrian people and not that of other countries. The weapons certain countries are providing to the radical Syrian opposition; especially that…
Category general, News, World · Tags Al Maliki Syria, Assad, Barzani on Syria, Iraq, Iraqi government, Middle East, Syria conflict, Syrian civil war, Syrian jihadists, syrian rebels, Syrian Regime, US arms to Syria, US involvement in Syria
Posted by Emine Dilek on July 2, 2013 · 10 Comments
A priest and another Christian were beheaded before a cheering crowd by Syrian rebels for aiding the President Bashar Assad’s military, The Washington Times reports. Syrian Christians caught in the middle of a brutal struggle in Syria and face an existential threat. Also yesterday, Islamist rebels in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo issued an order banning women from dressing in what it considered provocative styles and wearing make up. As continuously reported by the Progressive Press, hard-line jihadist groups have increasingly taken the lead in the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad’s rule. Many units are linked to Al Qaeda have…
Category general, News, World · Tags Assad, Middle East, Syria conflict, Syrian civil war, Syrian jihadists, syrian rebels, Syrian Regime, US arms to Syria, US congress, US involvement in Syria
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