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Funeral for American fighting with YPG, June 2015

Taken on 2015-06-11

Funeral held for Keith Lewis Broomfield, an American who went to Syria to fight for the People's Protection Units (YPG) against ISIS. Broomfield is one of many westerners that have gone over to fight with the YPG against ISIS. Like many of the other Westerners that have gone to fight for the YPG, Broomfield saw this as a religious duty.

Source: Mutlu Civiroglu/Kovan Direj/Twitter

Uploaded by parkinth on 2015-06-11

Women and Children Fleeing Northern Syria Conflict; West of Tal Abyad, Syria, June 2015

Taken on 2015-06-06

Women and children fleeing ISIS occupied territory around Tal Abyad. A number of the featured women are seen removing their black burkas revealing brightly colored outfits in order to celebrate their freedom. The photos were taken west of Tal Abyad, known to the Kurdish as Girê Sipî, which has been under ISIS control since last year, according to local Kobani photo-journalist Jack Shahine. It is one of a few Turkish border crossings still ruled by ISIS.

Source: Jack Shahine/Cahida Dersim/Twitter

Uploaded by Taylor on 2015-06-06

Mass Execution of Syrian Government Soldiers by ISIS in Palmyra Amphitheatre; Syria, May 2015

Taken on 2015-05-27

ISIS filled up the Palmyra Amphitheatre for the mass execution of 25 Syrian government soldiers. The soldiers were captured during the battle for Palmyra and Al-Sukhnah. *According to the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which received a copy of the video, the execution occurred on May 27, shortly after ISIS fighters took over the ancient city.

Source: Jenan Moussa/Twitter, Zaid Benjamin/Twitter

Uploaded by parkinth on 2015-07-04

MLKP Fighters Declare the Establishment of the "Serkan Battalion of Martyrs", Date Unknown

Taken on 2015-05-19 *

Marxist-Leninist Communist Party (MLKP) fighters in Syria fighting with the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) and Women's Protection Units (YPG) declare the establishment of the "Serkan Battalion of Martyrs".

Source: Önder Öner/Twitter/Etha

Uploaded by parkinth on 2015-06-02

Jabhat Al Nusra Seizure of Syrian Government Checkpoint, Falita - Syria, Apr 2015

Taken on 2015-04-12

Jabhat Al Nusra (JAN) fighters seize a government checkpoint around Falita village. The Qalamun mountain range designates the Syrian side of the Eastern Lebanon Mountain Range, running parallel to the Beqaa Valley and has been the scene of constant battles between a number of belligerents including the Syrian Arab Army and affiliated forces (primarily Hezbollah); and opposition fores including the Islamic State, Free Syrian Army, and Jabhat Al Nusra. The Qalamun range is used by the opposition as a rear base for operations around Damascus and Homs. The Syrian Government maintains a number of military bases in the region and uses the nearby highway to link Damascus with the central Homs area.

Source: Al Manara Al Bayda - Qalamun/BosnjoBoy

Uploaded by mfa1988 on 2015-05-04

Scenes of Kurdish Women who Have Taken Up Arms Against ISIS; Kurdish Iraq and Syria, 2014-2015

Taken on 2015-04-01 *

Featured in this photo report are scenes of women who have taken up arms against ISIS in Iraq and Syria. The majority of these female fighters come from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a militant organization with Marxist-Leninst roots based in Turkey and Iraq that seeks greater political rights and cultural autonomy for Kurds; and the Syria based Women's Protection Unit (YPJ), which is strongly associated with the PKK. The PKK is listed as a terrorist organisation by several states and organisations including Turkey, the USA and NATO. Despite being listed as a terrorist organisation several sources have stated that informal cooperation between the USA and PKK exist in the context of the ongoing battle against ISIS. It is said among the Kurds that their female fighters inspire great fear in the ISIS militants, who believe that if they are killed by a woman they will not go to heaven.

Source: BBC Urdu/PBS/FolkKurd

Uploaded by Taylor on 2015-08-31

Faylaq Al Sham (Islamic Front Affiliated) Fighter Smashes a Statue of Hafez Al Assad

Taken on 2015-03-26

The Second Battle of Idlib ("Operation to Free Idlib") was a military operation in the Idlib Governorate, during the Syrian Civil War, conducted by rebels against Syrian government forces defending Idlib city. The Battle took place between March 24 - March 28 2015 and resulted in the Rebel Capture of Idlib City, the siege of the Shi'a towns of Kafarya and al-Fu'ah and a government retreat to al- Mastouma. Multiple Islamist and Free Syrian Army affiliated rebel factions conducted the operation under the unified 'Jaysh Al Fatah' (Army of Liberation) operations room. Present factions included Jabhat Al Nusra, Ahrar Al Sham, Faylaq Al Sham, Ajnad Al Sham, Jaysh Al Sunna, Liwa Al Haqq, and Jund Al Aqsa. Idlib became the second major provincial capital to fall to rebel forces, after Ar-Raqqah which was captured by the rebels in March 2013, who were subsequently routed from it by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (See Second Battle of Idlib Wiki page for more detail).

Uploaded by mfa1988 on 2015-04-19

Syrian Government Re-Capture of Sheikh Helal, North Eastern Hama, Mar 2015

Taken on 2015-03-23

Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and National Defense Force (NDF) pose on the outskirts of Sheikh Helal village - North Eastern Hama - north of the town of Salamiyah after its re-capture from the Islamic State. This comes after heavy fighting in which various sources claim between 60-75 Pro-Syrian Government fighters were killed in a Islamic State offensive in Salamiyah and surrounding villages in the preceding days. This attack coincides with the Islamic State's goal of controlling the main route used by Syrian Government Forces to move supplies and reinforcements from Damascus to Aleppo and Northern Syria; and ongoing clashes in the Eastern Homs/North-Eastern Hama vicinity aimed at controlling the Shaer and Jazal oil fields.

Source: Al Assad Misyaf Network News/BosnjoBoy

Uploaded by mfa1988 on 2015-05-03