November 2014 - ARA News

Kobane: Kurdish forces respond to militants’ major attack

November 30, 2014 0

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

November 30, 2014 0

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

November 30, 2014 1

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

November 30, 2014 0

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

November 30, 2014 0

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

November 29, 2014 0

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

November 29, 2014 0

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

November 29, 2014 0

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

November 29, 2014 0

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

November 29, 2014 0

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

November 28, 2014 0

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

November 28, 2014 0

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

November 28, 2014 0

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

November 28, 2014 0

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

November 28, 2014 0

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,...

Kurdish forces say Afrin city is protected against militants

November 27, 2014 1

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...

U.S. to increase Peshmerga support

November 27, 2014 0

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...

Kirkuk: Peshmerga forces repel major ISIS attack

November 27, 2014 0

ARA News Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan – On Wednesday, Iraqi Kurdistan’s Peshmerga forces repelled an attack by militants of the Islamic State (IS/ISIS) in...

Anti-ISIS coalition to evaluate operations

November 27, 2014 0

ARA News Zurich, Switzerland – On Wednesday, American officials reported that the Foreign Ministers of the 60 country members of the anti-ISIS coalition are...