ARA News Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan – On Saturday, at least 40 fighters on both sides were killed as the Kurdish forces of the People’s Protection Units...
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ARA News Hasakah, Syria – On Saturday, the pro-regime artillery resumed bombing against the western suburbs of Hasakah city, northeastern Syria, targeting...
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ARA News Urfa, Turkey – The Islamic State group (IS/ISIS) carried out car bomb attacks Saturday morning at the Turkish border crossing of Mursitpinar...
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ARA News Geneva, Switzerland – Although the US-led coalition has conducted about 300 air strikes in Syria since September, it has so far failed to weaken...
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ARA News More than 50 people have left Finland for Syria, according to the Finnish Security Intelligence Service (Supo). Of that total number, some six to...
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ARA News Sere Kaniye (Ras al-Ain), Syria – The French former Foreign Minister, Bernard Kouchner, arrived Friday in the Kurdish city of Sere Kaniye (Ras...
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ARA News Qamishli, Syria – The Assayish forces (security arm of the Democratic Union Party “PYD”) launched a campaign of arrests in the central...
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ARA News Damascus, Syria – At least 20 members of the pro-regime military forces were killed and dozens others were injured Friday, due to clashes with...
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ARA News Istanbul, Turkey – A U.N. expert said Wednesday that the Islamic State group (IS/ISIS) obtained more than $45 million from ransoms for the release...
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Pope Francis said on Friday fighting hunger and poverty, rather than military intervention alone, were key to stopping Islamist militants carrying out...
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ARA News Hasakah, Syria – On Thursday, the Syrian regime forces shelled several strongholds of the Islamic State group (IS/ISIS) in the southern countryside...
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ARA News Urfa, Turkey – On Wednesday, militants of the Islamic State (IS/ISIS) beheaded two civilians in the city of Tel Abyad (Gire Spi) in the countryside...
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ARA News Damascus, Syria – Syrian military forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad launched a major offensive against the headquarters of rebel groups in...
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ARA News Geneva, Switzerland – On Thursday, websites of several Western media outlets were reportedly hacked by the pro-Assad Syrian Electronic Army,...
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Islamic State (IS) militants may ultimately lose the war in Iraq and Syria because they do not have enough money to run the territory under their control,...
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ARA News Qamishli, Syria – The General Command of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) denied Wednesday the news about attacks by al-Nusra Front (al...
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ARA News Qamishli, Syria – The United States intends to intensify its support of the Iraqi Kurdistan Peshmerga army, which combats the radical group of the...
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ARA News Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan – On Wednesday, Iraqi Kurdistan’s Peshmerga forces repelled an attack by militants of the Islamic State (IS/ISIS) in...
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ARA News Zurich, Switzerland – On Wednesday, American officials reported that the Foreign Ministers of the 60 country members of the anti-ISIS coalition are...
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ARA News NATO is not considering establishing a “no-fly zone” in northern Syria, something Turkey has been calling for to alleviate security and...
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