1,400 dead since Syria rebel-jihadist clashes began

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 01:36

Nearly 1,400 people have been killed in Syria since clashes between rebels and the jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) erupted this month, a monitor said Thursday.

ISIL `reaching out` to Syria rebels via audio message

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 00:32

The al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has reached out to other rebel groups in Syria to head off infighting, in an audio message posted online on Sunday.

Rebels, jihadists in fierce battle at Syria`s Saraqeb

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 19:43

A fierce battle broke out Saturday between Syrian rebels and the jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) around the northwestern town of Saraqeb, a monitoring group said.

Nearly 500 killed in Syria rebel-jihadist fighting: NGO

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 17:08

Nearly 500 people, among them 85 civilians, have been killed in a week of fierce fighting pitting Syrian rebels against the jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, a monitoring group said Friday.

Al Qaeda group vows to attack Syrian rebels, opposition leaders

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 00:16

An al Qaeda affiliate based in Iraq and Syria has vowed to crush opposition groups it has been confronting in the worst outbreak of infighting among rebels.

`274 dead` in four days of Syria rebel-jihadist clashes

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 09:39

At least 274 people have been killed in four days in Syria since the outbreak of fighting between rebels and jihadists, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday.

Iraq PM Nuri al-Maliki urges Fallujah residents to drive away Qaeda militants

Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 09:34

As Iraqi military bombarded the city of Fallujah to drive away the al Qaeda-linked militants who have seized parts of Anbar province, residents fled the country.

Syria opposition condemns jihadist attacks on rebels

Last Updated: Friday, September 20, 2013, 15:04

Syria`s opposition National Coalition condemned attacks by al Qaeda loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on mainstream rebels of the Free Syrian Army.

29 dead in Syria clashes between Kurds, jihadists: NGO

Last Updated: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 21:18

At least 29 people have been killed in fighting between Kurdish and jihadist fighters in northern Syria in the past two days, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Thursday.

Most foreign fighters killed in Syria linked to Al Qaeda

Last Updated: Thursday, June 6, 2013, 15:43

Majority of foreign fighters killed in Syria in 2012-2013 were found to be fighting on behalf of a terrorist group that`s a front for Al Qaeda in Iraq.