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Syria Kurds control 70 percent of besieged Kobani: monitor

(Reuters)- Kurdish forces have regained control of around 70 percent of the Syrian town of Kobani near the Turkish border after pushing back ISIS fighters that have spent months besieging it, a group monitoring the war said on Wednesday. Backed by U.S-led air strikes, Kurdish forces made...

What are al-Nusra Front's plans in Syria?

Al-Nusra Front has been a powerful player in the Syrian civil war for a long time now, and now al-Qaeda's affiliate in Syria has become the dominant group in Idlib.  Earlier this month, it seized territory and weapons from rebel forces in the northwestern province. That...

Syria's depleted military ramps up conscription

DAMASCUS, (UPI) -- The Syrian military, depleted by desertions and casualties, has mobilized reservists and arrested draft-dodgers in the wake of planned peace talks. President Bashar al-Assad , whose country has seen a four-year civil war, an attempt by the Islamic State to...

First air strikes hit Libyan city of Misrata

  Forces loyal to Libya's internationally recognised government have for the first time carried out air strikes on targets in the third largest city of Misrata, which is allied to an armed group that seized the capital in the summer. The internationally recognised Prime...