Tag Archives: Syria

UK citizens make up the largest proportion of foreign mercenaries in Syria, according to a new report published by the International Centre for the Study of Radicalization. The ICSR stated that 17.9% of gunmen in Syria were from the UK, based on their database of fighters identified from their social ...

Al-Manar television crew came under gunfire Monday during its coverage of the Syrian army’s recapture of the Christian town of Maalula from the terrorist hands, which resulted in the martyrdom of the reporter Hamza al-Hajj Hassan along with a cameraman and a technician. Al-Manar said 27-year-old Hajj Hassan and his ...

Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said Sunday that the Syrian regime is no longer in danger of being toppled by rebels, adding that the world wants to see a diplomatic solution to the country’s ongoing crisis. Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah said that rebels taking over the country is no longer an option, ...

Ayatollah Jawadi Amoli, speaking to a group travelling to Syria with the message of peace, stated the important factors in leading the world towards this important objective. He said: “We are hopeful towards God that he guides this world towards intellectuality and justice so that the powerful do not walk ...

NICOSIA — The Syrian Army has been working on encircling the nation’s largest city. Western diplomats said the Army, backed by Hizbullah and other Iranian proxies, was moving steadily into Aleppo. They said forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad were advancing into Aleppo from three directions and reached the ...

A British man fighting with an extremist group in Syria has released a call to arms to “brothers and sisters” back home to join the country’s foreign-hatch conflict. Speaking with a London accent, the man, a member of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), says the ...

The Syrian army has taken full control of the southwestern town of Yabroud, the last major stronghold of foreign-backed militants near the Lebanese border.  Syrian forces carried out mop-up operations pushing back the militants from the strategic town in the mountainous region of Qalamoun. In their latest drive to clear ...

Syrian army troops were at the gates of the rebel bastion of Yabrud near the Lebanese border Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. State television confirmed the news, reporting: “Syrian army units have advanced in the Yabrud area and now control its eastern approaches and northeastern boundary.” The ...

The West is planning a new push against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad through funding proxy war on the conflict-stricken country, a report suggests. The British daily The Guardian reported that a fresh clandestine effort is under way for opening up a “southern front” against the Syrian president. A secret command ...

The New York Times US daily revealed that Hizbullah’s participation in Syria war has been a source of foreboding to the Zionist entity. Quoting “Israeli” officials and experts, the newspaper stated: “Hizbullah is acquiring battlefield experience, and the only way for al- Assad, a longtime Hizbullah ally, to repay the ...