Christian Science Monitor | Syria: New Evidence Military Dropped Cluster Bombs Huffington Post (New York) – New evidence has emerged that the Syrian air force has used cluster munitions in recent days, Human Rights Watch said today. Many of the strikes were near the main highway that runs through Ma'arat al-Nu'man, the site of a major ... Syria accused of cluster bomb use in civil war Report: Syria using widely-banned cluster bombs HRW: Syria using cluster bombs |
CBS News | Inside Syria's civil war CBS News The following script is from "Aleppo" which aired on Oct. 14, 2012. Clarissa Ward is the correspondent. Harry Radliffe and Ben Plesser, producers. Aleppo is one of the crown jewels of the ancient world, Syria's largest, richest and -- for the past ... |
Business Insider | The Next Front? Newsweek Syrian forces fired the mortar while fighting rebels near the border. Though their stray shells had thudded into Turkish territory before, Timucin and her family were the first to be hurt. Turkey responded angrily, pounding Syrian military targets with ... Turkey Moves Tanks to Hilltops Overlooking Syria Turkey Faults UN Inaction Over Syria Syria Has Shut Down Its Airspace To All Turkish Aircraft |
Turkey bans Syrian planes from its air space, rebels gain Reuters BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - Turkey has banned all Syrian aircraft from its air space as it takes an increasingly firm stance against President Bashar al-Assad, while Syrian rebels said on Sunday they had made more gains in a key province near the Turkish ... |
The Daily Star | Syria army retakes old Aleppo mosque: sources The Daily Star ALEPPO, Syria: Syria's army retook control Sunday of a historic mosque in second city Aleppo after fierce clashes with rebels in and around the area, a military official and an observer group said. "The army has expelled the armed groups from the ... Rebels claim downing of Syrian jet Syria army retakes old Aleppo mosque Hospital in Syria overwhelmed with wounded |
ABC News | Few good options to secure Syria chemical arsenal Boston.com BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S. and regional allies are closely monitoring Syria's chemical weapons — caught in the midst of a raging civil war — but options for securing the toxic agents stuffed into shells, bombs and missiles are fraught with risk ... Deadly Dilemma: Why Syria's chemical weapons stockpile must be dealt with soon |
Secret Israel-Syria Peace Talks Involved Golan Heights Exit Pittsburgh Post Gazette JERUSALEM -- For several months in 2010, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel engaged in secret, American-brokered discussions with Syria for a possible peace treaty based on a full Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights. But the process was ... |
A Defection Hints At Cracks Among Syria's Alawites NPR Syrian army Col. Zubayda Almiqi announced that she was defecting and joining the rebels in this YouTube video. The move was significant because she belongs to the Alawites, a minority sect that dominates the government and the security forces in Syria. |
gulfnews.com | Iran, UN-AL envoy to Syria urge resolving Syrian issue in peaceful way Xinhua TEHRAN, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi and the UN-Arab League (AL) joint special envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi called here on Sunday for resolving the Syrian issue in a peaceful way. Talking at a joint press conference ... Brahimi sees regional leaders on Syria UN Syria envoy holds talks in Tehran Exploring a third option in Syria |
The Daily Star | Hezbollah and Future spar over Ayoub, Syria The Daily Star Further adding to the long-simmering tension between the two sides over the Syria crisis was a Hezbollah-dispatched reconnaissance drone that flew over Israel, triggering a harsh response from former Prime Minister Saad Hariri and other March 14 ... |