The Nation | Syria suicide attack strikes remote Kurdish town, kills at least 4 at security ... Washington Post The conflict has killed more than 30,000 people, activists say, and has devastated entire neighborhoods in Syria's main cities, including Aleppo, the scene of intense fighting Sunday. The leaders of Turkey and Egypt, among Assad's main foreign foes ... Fresh attacks, but few answers in Syria |
Irish Independent | Iraq to Inspect Iran's Syria-Bound Planes, Minister Tells Paper Businessweek Iraq plans to randomly inspect Iranian airplanes flying to Syria, the Iraqi foreign minister, Hoshyar Zebari, told the al-Hayat newspaper in an interview. “The government plans to bring planes down and conduct random inspections,” he was quoted as ... Iraq to check Syria-bound Iran flights for arms: Zebari Iraq to check Syria-bound Iran flights for arms-Zebari World powers push Syria's opposition to unite |
Wall Street Journal | Refugees Within Syria Pose Problems Wall Street Journal With winter not far off, many refugees in Syria are scattered in makeshift shelters across the country—mosques, churches, schools, abandoned buildings. Aid officials say the scale of the problem is fast outpacing relief efforts by the Syrian ... |
Scores of Syrians killed in ongoing violence, UN officials meets with various ... Xinhua DAMASCUS, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Scores of Syrians are reported to have been killed in an incessant violence on Sunday with reports of blasts and clashes, as the head of the UN envoy's office in Syria, Mokhtar Lamani, stressed that communications with ... |
Del Ponte joins UN war crimes inquiry on Syria Reuters GENEVA (Reuters) - Carla del Ponte, a former U.N. chief prosecutor, was on Friday appointed a member of a United Nations commission investigating war crimes in Syria. The commission is gathering evidence for possible future trials of individuals and ... |
Haaretz | Turkey and Egypt denounce Syria regime, pledge support for Palestinian cause Haaretz Turkey and Egypt denounce Syria regime, pledge support for Palestinian cause. Turkish PM and Egypt's new president call on Russia, China, and Iran to stop backing Assad regime; Erdogan says Turkey determined to speak out against Israel's 'state ... Morsi spokesman: Egypt not mulling Arab intervention in Syria Presidential adviser: Egypt ready for conditional Arab intervention in Syria Morsi in Turkey, Calls for Support for Syria and 'Palestine' |
BBC News | Militant group says it captured officers sent by Yemen to Syria Reuters ABU DHABI (Reuters) - An Islamist militant group fighting President Bashar al-Assad's forces in Syria said in a video posted online on Sunday it had captured five Yemeni army officers sent by their government to help quell the Syrian uprising. The ... Syria conflict: Al-Nusra Front 'captures' Yemen troops The world's shame in Syrian conflict |
ABC News | Panetta: Syria moving chemical weapons CNN (blog) Another disturbing development involving the worsening crisis in Syria. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta revealed U.S. intelligence shows Syria has moved some of its chemical weapons for security purposes. It's a red line that the president has warned ... Panetta Says Syria Moved Some Chemical Weapons |
Syrian army, rebels fight for control of Aleppo; marketplace burns CNN Syrian government forces and rebels engaged Saturday in fierce clashes throughout the vital and culturally rich city of Aleppo, with portions of a storied marketplace going up in flames. Abu Abdallah, an opposition activist in Aleppo, told CNN that ... |
ABC News | Syrian Refugees in 4 Countries Talk of Pain, Fear ABC News A woman loses her children, her husband and both legs. A penniless family is forced to flee from Syria back to Iraq. Camps are overflowing with people and with bitterness, and refugees are living in limbo without passports. As war rages in Syria, the ... |