November 2014 - ARA News

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...

Syrian regime resumes anti-ISIS attacks in Hasakah

ARA News Hasakah, Syria – On Saturday, the pro-regime artillery resumed bombing against the western suburbs of Hasakah city, northeastern Syria, targeting...

Video: Turkey allows ISIS to attack Kobane from its territory

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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...

U.S. failed in anti-ISIS campaign: Syrian FM

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...

50 Finnish joined Syrian conflict

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...

French former FM visit Syrian Kurdish forces

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...

ISIS suspects captured by Kurdish forces in Qamishli

ARA News Qamishli, Syria – The Assayish forces (security arm of the Democratic Union Party “PYD”) launched a campaign of arrests in the central...

FSA rebels kill dozens of pro-Assad forces in Damascus clashes

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...

Ransoms… Islamic State grows richer

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...

Pope condemns ‘barbaric violence’ of Islamic State

Pope Francis said on Friday fighting hunger and poverty, rather than military intervention alone, were key to stopping Islamist militants carrying out...

Hasakah in turmoil as violence intensifies between pro-Assad forces and ISIS

ARA News Hasakah, Syria – On Thursday, the Syrian regime forces shelled several strongholds of the Islamic State group (IS/ISIS) in the southern countryside...

Islamic State’s militants behead Kurdish elderly civilian in Syria’s Tel Abyad

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...

Assad’s forces claims the lives of dozens rebels in Damascus

ARA News Damascus, Syria – Syrian military forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad launched a major offensive against the headquarters of rebel groups in...

‘Syrian Electronic Army’ hacks Western media websites

ARA News Geneva, Switzerland – On Thursday, websites of several Western media outlets were reportedly hacked by the pro-Assad Syrian Electronic Army,...

Islamic State lacks funds to keep control of Iraqi, Syrian territory