A security source in al-Anbar province announced Thursday, that the ISIS ground launched a major offensive on the district of Baghdadi western Anbar, indicating that violent clashes broke out between security forces and elements of the organization.
Thursday, 12 February, 2015
Iraq: ISIS launches major offensive on Baghdadi district western Anbar province
Wednesday, 11 February, 2015
Syria: Syrian army makes fresh progress in southern front
Syrian army has recaptured Der Maker town plus two hills in Damascus countryside amid continuity of operations against terrorist organizations outside Daraa and Idlib, according to military sources.
A military source was quoted on the official news agency (SANA) as citing that army units restored stability and peace to Der Maker town and regained control of al-Serjeh and al-Aros hills in the southwestern countryside of Damascus.
Monday, 9 February, 2015
Syria: ISIS pulls some forces and hardware from Aleppo
ISIS has withdrawn some of its insurgents and equipment from areas northeast of the Syrian city of Aleppo, rebels and residents say, adding to signs of strain in the Syrian provinces of its self-declared caliphate.
The group, which has recently lost ground to Kurdish and Syrian government forces elsewhere in Syria, has pulled fighters and hardware from several villages in areas northeast of Aleppo, they said. But it has not fully withdrawn from area.
Saturday, 7 February, 2015
Yemen: After taking power, Houthi Shiite rebels criticized for their coup d’etat as protests grow
A day after taking power, Shiite rebels in Yemen found themselves increasingly under pressure Saturday as thousands protested against their rule and a group of nearby countries denounced their “coup.”
The leader of the Houthi rebels, Abdel-Malak al-Houthi, gave an impassioned speech defending dissolving Yemen’s parliament Friday as the only response to a power “vacuum” — one his group created by besieging the country’s president, who later resigned.
Syria: Syrian Kurds of Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) seize dozens of villages from Islamic State militants
Syrian Kurdish fighters have seized dozens of villages from Islamic State group jihadists around the town of Kobani in Syrian Kurdistan on the Turkish border, expanding their control in the area, a monitor said Friday.
The Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) had captured 101 villages around Kobani since seizing it from IS on January 26 after four months of fighting, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.