Syria Rebels Welcome US Strike, Urge More

Syrian rebels on Friday welcomed a US strike on a government airbase, but urged additional action, with one powerful faction saying a single strike was “not enough.” The US attack on the Shayrat base in central Syria was Washington’s first military action against the regime in the six-year civil war. “Hitting one airbase is not … Read more

Rebels ‘capture’ IS Stronghold of Dabiq

The small northern town holds great value for IS because of a prophecy of an apocalyptic battle Turkish-backed rebels have captured the symbolically important Syrian town of Dabiq from the Islamic State group, rebel commanders and monitors say. The rebels took Dabiq after “IS members withdrew”, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The … Read more