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On Wednesday, militants from the extremist group Islamic State (IS) captured several villages in northern Syria, killing 52 people in the process, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The extremists captured eight villages between Aleppo and the Turkish border, bolstered by their success in Iraq, the observatory said. They killed 40 fighters from other rebel groups and capture 50 …

Islamic State (IS) extremists have killed 115 Syrian fighters of the Syrian regime, security guards and employees of the gas field they seized in the Homs province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday. The monitor described Thursday’s hostile takeover of the Shaar gas field as the IS’ “biggest” anti-regime operation since it got involved in the Syrian …

Article and photos by Mohammed Omer in Gaza July 9, 2014: I am writing this as ambulance and rescue crews continue to search for bodies. Among the ones they have uncovered so far are those of 4-year-old Mohammed Nawasra, whose body was found underneath the ruins of his home in the Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, his …

UK-based human rights group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on Thursday reported that the death toll due to the Syrian civil war is now more than 170,000 people, and that over a third of them are civilians. The conflict in the war-torn nation has also forced nearly half of its population to flee to neighboring countries. “Ever since the first …

10 people were killed by a truck bomb attack in a regime-controlled village in Homs on Monday, state television reported. “The terrorist explosion in Haraqi village in Homs province was caused by a tanker truck bomb. The initial toll says 10 people were killed, and major damage was caused to houses”, state television said. The attack is especially worrisome as …

Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on Monday said that the death toll in war-stricken Syria has exceeded an astounding 160,000. The activist group said that it has documented exactly 162,402 deaths since the uprising began in March 2011. The number includes rebels, civilians, members of the military, members of militia like the Lebanese Hezbollah and foreign fighters involved in …

On Wednesday, suspected al-Qaeda forces simultaneously struck at two army positions in South Yemen, with the subsequent clashes resulting in the deaths of 13 insurgents, 9 army soldiers and an aide to the Defense Minister. Only five days ago, Defense Minister Mohamed Nasser Ahmad and two other security officers barely escaped an ambush as they were returning from the south. …

On Thursday, a high-level government intelligence official, Colonel Ibrahim al-Senussi Akila, was assassinated by gunmen in Benghazi. Colonel Akila, Head of General Intelligence in Benghazi, was reportedly shot and killed near the Medical Center in the city. According to sources, unknown assailants had opened fire on his car, killing him instantly. Benghazi was the epicenter of the uprising in 2011 …

Fighting between Jihadist groups ISIL and the Al-Nusra killed 63 people in Eastern Syria on Monday despite the al-Qaeda chief’s call for a ceasefire, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The clashes between the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the Al-Nusra Front have prompted over 60,000 people to abandon their homes in the oil-rich region. …

Gunfire stopped distribution of food today in a besieged Palestinian refugee camp, a United Nations spokesperson confirmed today, reiterating demands that the UN agency assisting Palestinian refugees be allowed to safely and without interruption distribute substantial quantities of food and other humanitarian assistance inside Yarmouk. Spokesman Chris Gunness said the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the …