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20-year-old Mohamud Mohamed Mohamud, a native of Hamilton who had been recruited by extremist group Islamic State (IS), was reportedly killed in fighting in Syria last week, his family said. Earlier in the week, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) had unofficially told his family that he was killed in the anti-IS military campaign, battling Kurdish troops in northern Syria. …

Extremists from the Islamic State (IS) have captured several villages around the city of Ain al-Arab thanks to heavy weaponry, as they closed in on the third largest Syrian town, the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights said on Thursday. “IS fighters have seized at least 21 villages around Kobane”, the Observatory’s director Rami Abdel Rahman said, referring to the town …

On Thursday, Israeli Arab rights group Adalah called for an international probe into alleged war crime committed by Israel during the 50-day war with Hamas, a week after the Israeli army dismissed several such investigations. On September 10th, the Israeli army launched five criminal probes into incidents involving its soldiers during the conflict, in which over 2,140 Palestinians had died. …

Britain-based monitoring group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on Wednesday said that Syrian regime air strikes on a rebel-held town have killed 48 people in the past two days. “On Tuesday, 25 people, including seven women and a child, were killed in air strikes on Talbisseh, in Homs province”, the monitor said, adding that a rebel commander was among those …

Syrian-born refugee Mani Hussaini is set to become the leader of Norway’s Workers’ Youth League (AUF), three years after far-right nationalist Anders Behring Breivik killed scores of members of the AUF. The electoral committee of the Labor Party’s Youth Wing nominated 26-year-old Hussiani on Wednesday to take over from Eskil Pedersen, who will not stand for re-election. On July 22nd, …

Extremists from radical group Islamic State (IS) on Tuesday brought down a Syrian regime warplane in their stronghold of Raqa, monitoring group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. “IS fighters fired on a military aircraft which crashed. It is the first aircraft shot down since the regime launched air strikes against the jihadists in July following their declaration of a …

Late on Tuesday, an explosion killed 47 members of pragmatic Syrian rebel brigade Ahrar al-Sham, including most of its leadership, dealing a fresh blow to the nation’s armed opposition which could fragment its most important coalition. The opposition rebels were killed when an explosion occurred during a meeting of its top military and religious chiefs, held in the north-eastern province …

The United States on Thursday expressed its concern that undeclared chemical weapons in Syria could be seized by extremist group Islamic State (IS). The concerns were raised by US ambassador to the UN Samantha Power, as a joint UN and Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons mission is about to end its drive to get rid of Syria’s chemical …

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on Tuesday said that the five Syrian pro-government activists were arrested for criticizing the Defense Ministry and Intelligence services over the deaths of soldiers and loss of important military bases. Rami Abdel Rahman, the observatory’s director, said that they were arrested on Friday “aftercriticizing the role of the defense ministry and the intelligence services …

Extremists from the Islamic State have executed over 160 Syrian soldiers fleeing from them, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Thursday. The assault is the latest of several human rights abuses in the country which have alarmed Western powers, who are afraid of a global escalation of terror. The killings come as US President Barack Obama is reportedly …