Christian Science Monitor | Turkey says Syria-bound jet had munitions Los Angeles Times ANTAKYA, Turkey — A Syrian passenger jet forced to land in Turkey while on a scheduled flight from Moscow to Damascus was carrying ammunition and other items destined for the Syrian Defense Ministry, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said ... Turkey: Syrian Plane Was Carrying Ammunition The Right Way for Turkey to Intervene in Syria Turkey to Syria: Don't send arms through our air space |
Business Insider | The question of Syria Washington Post (blog) “Nobody is proposing to send troops to Syria – American troops,” Paul Ryan said. “How would we have done things differently? We wouldn't have referred to [Syrian President] Bashar al-Assad as a reformer while he was using his Russian weapons to ... About the issue: Syria Syria's Islamist rebels join forces against Assad The Syrian Rebels Are Joining Forces With All Sorts Of Islamic Jihadists |
New Yorker | FACT CHECK: Slips on Libya, Syria, auto bailout Boston.com The oft-repeated charge stems from an interview Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gave in March 2011 noting that ''many of the members of Congress of both parties who have gone to Syria in recent months have said they believe he's a reformer. Ryan says nobody wants US troops in Syria |
Business Recorder | Oil rises as Turkey-Syria tensions fuel supply concerns Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Thursday to their highest levels in weeks as tensions between Syria and Turkey escalated, while maintenance on North Sea oilfields pushed the premium for Europe's Brent crude to another one-year high. Turkey was ... OIL FUTURES: Tensions Between Turkey, Syria Send Oil Higher Oil Prices up as Turkey-Syria Tension Rises Oil prices up amid escalating Turkey-Syria tension |
TIME | Jordan: US forces plan shield against Syria Huffington Post RUSSEIFEH, Jordan — From the edge of a steep mountain overlooking a desert compound built into an old rock quarry, machine gunfire echoes just outside hangars where U.S. special operations forces are training Jordanian commandos. The Americans ... U.S. military in Jordan, has eyes on Syria chemical weapons US sends forces to Jordan as check on Syria We must help shelter Syria's refugees |
Voice of America | French terror cell allegedly planned trip to Syria Fox News PARIS – A network of French Islamists behind a grenade attack on a kosher market also planned to join jihadists fighting in Syria, a state prosecutor said Thursday, calling the suspected terrorist group potentially the most dangerous established in ... French Suspects Planned to Join Militants in Syria Militants held over Syria, France plots |
Turkey says Syrian plane carried Russian munitions Reuters ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday a Syrian passenger plane forced to land in Ankara was carrying Russian-made munitions destined for Syria's armed forces, ratcheting up tension with his country's war-torn ... |
AFP | Fears grow that Syria may shut down Internet CNN The texts have increased Syria watchers' concerns that the embattled government has realized both the full potential of using the Internet and mobile carriers to communicate with its leaderless opposition, and the importance of the networks as domestic ... Syria rebels tell how Maaret al-Numan was won Syria rebels cut highway to battlefields |
Syria-Turkey conflict puts key pipeline at risk MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Conflict between Turkey and Syria escalated Thursday, providing additional support to rising oil futures prices and stoking fears of a supply crunch. But just how worried should the world be about the tensions? Hint: it's ... |
EU prepares new Syria sanctions, targets arms industry Reuters BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The EU will toughen up its sanctions on Syria's arms industry and bar more of its officials from travelling to Europe in order to crimp President Bashar al-Assad's access to cash, diplomats said on Thursday. They said European ... |