Daily Alert Archive

August 25, 2014       Share:    

Source: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=%22Islamic+State+Captures+Major+Air+Base+in+Syria%22&oq=%22Islamic+State+Captures+Major+Air+Base+in+Syria%22&gs_l=news-cc.1.0.43j43i53.1399.3061.0.8089.3.2.0.1.0.0.218.417.0j1j1.2.0...0.0...1ac.1.ta0VoM-kvn4

Islamic State Captures Major Air Base in Syria

(Wall Street Journal) Sam Dagher - The Islamic State captured the Tabqa air base in the Syrian province of Raqqa on Sunday, gaining full control of the province. Islamic State fighters were seen parading in the town of Tabqa with the severed heads of soldiers killed at the air base. Opposition activists in the Raqqa area said Islamic State militants deployed at least three suicide bombers including a 13-year-old boy in an attempt to pierce the base's defenses, which they finally succeeded in doing on Saturday.

View the full edition of Daily Alert

Back to Archive