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Lion in the garden of Palmyra Archeological Museum (Wikipedia)
July 3, 2015, 2:01 am
IS destroys iconic lion statue at Syria’s Palmyra museum
Irreplaceable Lion of al-Lat was 2,000 years old; brutal terror group also smashes other artifacts from Palmyra
By AFP
Thick smoke rises following an airstrike by the US-led coalition in Kobani, Syria while fighting continued between Syrian Kurds and the Islamic State group, as seen from Mursitpinar on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, Oct. 14, 2014. (Photo credit: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP)
July 2, 2015, 11:38 pm
Syria’s Kurds warn Turkey not to intervene militarily
Ankara wary of ethnic minority's national aspirations; rebels release video showing executions of Islamic State members
By Bassem Mroue
Illustrative: An Islamic State militant destroys ancient artifacts in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, Syria on July 2, 2015. (screen capture: Channel 4)
July 2, 2015, 8:50 pm
Islamic State militants hammer Roman-era statues to pieces
Images show militants publicly destroying ancient effigies in Syrian city of Palmyra as punishment for attempted smuggling
By Tamar Pileggi and AFP
Australian Reece Harding, who was killed in late JUne 2015 fighting alongside Kurdish forces in Syria. (Facebook/Lions of Rojava)
July 1, 2015, 8:03 am
Australian killed fighting alongside Kurds in Syria
Reece Harding, 23, dies after stepping on landmine, family says, as Canberra warns others to stay away from conflict
By AFP
Islamic State fighters in a video produced by the group (YouTube screen capture/VICE News)
June 30, 2015, 12:34 pm
In reported first, IS beheads two women in Syria
Group decapitates wives along with their husbands for 'witchcraft and sorcery'
By AFP
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks during the 69th Session of the UN General Assembly at the United Nations in New York on September 24, 2014. (photo credit: AFP PHOTO/Jewel Samad)
June 30, 2015, 6:46 am
Syria fighting could endanger truce with Israel, UN warns
World body calls on Assad's forces, rebel fighters to avoid combat on border which could spill over to Jewish state
By AP and TOI staff
Counterterrorist military forces participate in exercises in Amman, Jordan, on May 27, 2012. (AP/Mohammad Hannon)
June 29, 2015, 9:38 pm
Jordan reportedly weighs Syrian buffer zone
Hashemite Kingdom said to be considering humanitarian intervention in southern Syria to keep Islamic State off the border
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo of Turkish soldiers in southeastern Turkey, June 15, 2015 (AP/Lefteris Pitarakis)
June 29, 2015, 5:07 pm
Turkey said mulling military action on Syria border
Local media report range of plans, including massive buffer zone, to push back jihadists, counter establishment of Kurdish state
By AP
Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon attends an IDF exercise on May 7, 2015 (Diana Hananshvili/Defense Ministry)
June 29, 2015, 2:26 pm
Israel acknowledges it is helping Syrian rebel fighters
Defense minister says Jerusalem assists insurgents in exchange for promise Druze will be kept out of harm's way
By Raphael Ahren
Investigating police officers work outside the plant where a terrorist attack took place, Friday, June 26, 2015 in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, southeast of Lyon, France. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
June 28, 2015, 1:41 pm
French attack suspect confesses as gruesome selfie emerges
Yassine Salhi, 35, investigated over motive for apparent suicidal bid to destroy US-owned Air Products factory
By AFP
Fighters from the Islamic State group parade in a commandeered Iraqi security forces armored vehicle down a main road at the northern city of Mosul, June 23, 2014. (photo credit: AP/File)
From the WebJune 28, 2015, 11:16 am
Islamic State and the lonely young American
Extremist jihadi group sparing no effort in attempt to recruit isolated individuals in US, The New York Times reports
A picture taken from the Turkish side of the border with Syria shows a Turkish soldier watching as smoke rises from the Syrian town of Kobani, on June 27, 2015. (Bulent Kilic/AFP)
June 27, 2015, 1:16 pm
Kurds drive Islamic State out of Syria’s Kobani
Militia regains control of border town two days after jihadists stormed positions, killing almost 200 civilians
By AFP
Injured people are treated near the area where a terror attack took place in Sousse, Tunisia, Friday June 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi)
June 26, 2015, 11:52 pm
Dozens killed on day of terror in Tunisia, Kuwait and France
Gunmen, bombers strike on three continents; Cameron laments 'poisonous radicalism'; Netanyahu urges world struggle against 'dark forces of Islamic extremism'
By TOI staff and AP
Blood and material on the ground near the area where a terror attack took place in Sousse, Tunisia, Friday June 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi)
June 26, 2015, 8:55 pm
IS and al-Qaeda seek ongoing summer wave of terror, TV report says
Israel's Channel 10 quotes Western intelligence officials predicting more bloodshed, including bids to strike at Israel from Sinai, Golan
By TOI staff
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left), and US President Barack Obama (right) (AP)
June 26, 2015, 2:38 am
Putin calls Obama to discuss Ukraine, Iran nuclear deal
Discussion follows NATO promise to step up military presence in east Europe
By AFP
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