Civil War In Syria News Updates -- June 8, 2015

Daily Mail: Rebel fighters proudly parade the severed heads of their defeated ISIS enemies as Syria descends further into shocking barbarism

* Local fighters were tipped off about an ISIS assault on the town of Azaz
* They ambushed ISIS militants before they could launch a deadly attack
* Rebels then beheaded several ISIS fighters in front of cheering crowds
* Displayed the militants' mutilated corpses in a square in the centre of town

Rebel groups battling the Islamic State in Syria have proudly paraded the severed heads of their defeated enemies, in the latest sign that all sides in the conflict are resorting to shocking barbarism.

A coalition of anti-Assad forces were stationed in the town of Azaz, close to the Turkish border, when ISIS militants prepared to carry out a suicide bomb attack followed by a massive assault.

But the rebels were tipped off about the attack in advance and were prepared for the jihadis when they arrived - slaughtering them in the streets of the Azaz before posing with the extremists' severed heads and displaying their mutilated corpses in the centre of the city.

Civil War In Syria News Updates -- June 8, 2015

Syrian air strike kills 49 in northwest: monitor -- Reuters
49 killed as Syrian missiles strike public square -- UPI
At least 49 dead in Syria regime raid in Idlib province -- AFP
Activists: Syrian Air Raids Kill 49 in Northwestern Village -- AP
Syria army pushes ISIS back from Hasaka -- AFP
Syrian army regains ground against ISIS in Hasaka city -- CT/Reuters
Syrian rebels cut off vital resupply route to Aleppo: sources -- Albawaba
Report: Iranian, Iraqi fighters streaming into Syria -- Rudaw
Iranian fighters go to Syria to help defend Damascus -- Irish Times
Syria: Latakia Residents Gird for the Battle Ahead -- World Policy Blog
Syria to hike pay of frontline soldiers with bonus: PM -- Reuters
Syria Army’s Weakness Exacerbated by Draft Dodgers -- Wall Street Journal
US-led raids hit IS battling rebels, Qaeda in Syria -- AFP
US-led coalition hits Daesh stronghold in Syria -- Al Bawaba
Obama urges greater effort to halt foreign fighters entering Syria -- AFP
Syrian Opposition in Egypt to Search for Political Solution -- AP
Syria dissidents meet to forge new opposition alliance -- AFP
No unity among Syria's opposition groups -- Deutsche Welle
Al Qaeda in Syria becoming an ever more prominent part of the rebellion -- Dan Murphy, CSM
Assad nears the tipping point -- David Ignatius, Washington Post