The radical terror group ISIS (also known as ISIL) has conquered half of the country of Syria, albeit mostly more rural areas with limited numbers of residents, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The monitoring group, cited in…
The US has officially taken the fight against ISIS inside Syria from the air to the ground and in the process took down a key player in ISIS’ financial efforts. American special forces last week targeted and ultimately killed ISIS…
Over four years into the Syrian civil war, and the United States still is working out a program to better train moderate Syrian rebels. The Hurriyet Daily News reported on May 11 that “technical reasons” are being cited as the…
The ongoing civil war in Syria continues to spill into conflict for neighboring countries, as Israel once again is reported to have hit military targets inside Syria. The Israeli Haaretz newspaper, citing a report in Al Jazeera, said the targets…
A reported attack using chemical components in Syria may have violated international law and has led to warnings from two powerful nations that such deeds should not go unpunished. US Secretary of State John Kerry and British Foreign Secretary Philip…
The Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad is thought to have killed 12,000 people through the use of barrel bombs, most of them civilians, in that nation’s lengthy civil war. And the United States believes tactics such as that one…