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Syria Kurds accuse Assad of opening borders to 'terrorists'

Qamishli - Muslimchronicle

A US-backed Syrian force on Monday accused President Bashar al-Assad of opening the country's borders to "foreign terrorists" after he labelled its fighters "traitors". "Bashar al-Assad and what's left of his regime are the last people with the right to talk of treachery," the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces said. "It was the regime that flung the country's doors wide openRead more

Syria Kurds say US to 'adjust' weapons deliveries

Qamishli - Muslimchronicle

Washington will "adjust" its delivery of weapons to an anti-jihadist alliance in Syria dominated by Kurdish fighters, Kurdish officials said Monday, insisting that collaboration with the United States will "continue". The Pentagon, however, was vague about what an adjustment might mean, and the comments come after Turkey said it had received White House assurances that it would halt weapons suppliesRead more

Chechen families of ISIS militants in Syria handed over to Russia

Qamishli - Muslimchronicle

The Kurdish authorities in northern Syria Sunday handed over to Russia Chechen women and children found in Raqqa city which was retaken in October from militants, an AFP correspondent said. Kurdish and Arab fighters of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces alliance announced on October 17 they had regained full control of Raqqa, the de facto capital of the ISIS groupRead more

Syria's Kurds poised for vote to cement federal push

Qamishli - Muslimchronicle

Syria's Kurds are poised to hold their first local elections, a move that has annoyed Damascus and Ankara and comes days before a controversial independence referendum by Iraq's Kurds. Kurds made up around 15 percent of Syria's pre-war population and were long oppressed by the central government. But they largely stayed out of the uprising that erupted in March 2011,Read more

Coalition strikes 'kill 17 civilians' as battle for Raqa rages

Qamishli - Muslimchronicle

An international coalition pounded Raqa with air strikes Thursday, with a monitor saying at least 17 civilians had been killed in the bombardment as US-backed fighters pushed further into the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said US-led coalition forces had hit the city and its suburbs with at least 25 strikes, warning that dozensRead more

From aspiring stylist to jihadist widow

Qamishli - Arab Today

Islam Maytat thought marrying an Afghan-British businessman was her ticket to a new life as a fashionista in London. Instead she became a widow living under jihadist rule in Syria. At just 23, the young Moroccan spent three traumatic years in northern Syria under the Islamic State group's so-called "caliphate". Tens of thousands of foreigners have joined jihadist groups inRead more