Washington Post | Syrian Opposition Group Aims to Attend Peace Talks ABC News The main Western-backed Syrian opposition group says it intends to join peace talks with the Syrian government, if conditions are met. After a vote early Monday in Istanbul, the Syrian National Coalition agreed to attend a proposed peace conference ... Syria activists say rebels reach deal with government to ease blockade of ... Syria rebels recapture army base near Aleppo Syria activists say truce made in blockaded town |
Aljazeera.com | Syria opposition agrees to Geneva peace talks Aljazeera.com The Syrian political opposition has agreed to participate in international peace talks in Geneva, but only if certain preconditions are met, the Syrian National Coalition has said in a statement. The statement, released early on Monday, outlined ... Opposition Group Aims To Attend Syria Talks Syria's opposition considering peace talks Syria Opposition Seeks Rebel Backing for Geneva Talks |
Al-Arabiya | Al-Qaeda in Syria raids wedding party, warns against music and singing Al-Arabiya Al-Qaeda's main branch in Syria, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), has raided a wedding party in the suburb of Aleppo and ordered stopping music and singing, the Asharq al-Awsat reported, quoting Syrian activists. “One leader of the ... In Syria, suicide bombings hold tactical role in rebel assaults Nusra Front runs al-Qaeda operations in Syria: Zawahiri Iraq keeps eye on Kurd-jihadist battle in Syria |
Turkey is alarmed by extremist militants in Syria border area Los Angeles Times The government has been very clear that it wants to see Syrian President Bashar Assad removed from power. But after more than two years, the conflict is dragging on. Al Qaeda-linked rebel groups are strengthening rapidly in Syria and seizing territory ... |
RT | There is no Palestinian issue for Syrian rebels RT It's been a year since Syrian rebels raided the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Syria – Yarmouk, near Damascus. Up until recently it was the duty of Israeli soldiers to persecute Palestinians, now this is done by Syrian rebels with their Muslim ... Lessons on hypocrisy from Syria Egypt: Syria Refugees Detained, Coerced to Return |
Voltaire Network | Albania asked to host destruction of Syria's chemical arsenal Los Angeles Times The Obama administration's request to Albania, confirmed by government officials in Tirana last week, aims to resolve one of the thorniest questions surrounding the U.S.-sponsored plan to disarm Syria's lethal arsenal of sarin, VX and mustard gas. With ... Send Syria's Chemical Arms to Albania Controversy around the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons programme |
Montreal Gazette | Journalists in Syria face growing risk of kidnap Fox News The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists says at least 30 journalists are being held and 52 have been killed since Syria's civil war began in early 2011. The group also has documented at least 24 other journalists who disappeared earlier ... A Look at Some Journalists Missing in Syria |
Human Rights Watch | Syria 'Attacks School With Incendiary Weapons' Sky News Syria's air force has used incendiary weapons in dozens of attacks over the last year - including a half-ton bomb which killed 37 people at a school - Human Rights Watch has claimed. A British emergency doctor, who treated patients from the Aleppo ... Syria: Widespread Use of Incendiary Weapons Rights Group: Syria Has Used Incendiary Bombs Dozens of Times Incendiary bombs are killing kids in Syria |
The Guardian | From Bosnia to Syria: the investigators identifying victims of genocide The Guardian The dead body of the man in the blue T-shirt is covered in blood, and has been dumped in a line with tens of others in the courtyard of a building in Syria. In the colour photograph, the sun is shining down on the corpses, all of whom bear the marks of ... |
Press TV | Syrian MP kidnapped, executed by Takfiri militants Press TV Last month, the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that Syrian lawmaker Mohanna Faisal al-Fayyad was kidnapped by foreign-backed militants operating inside Syria during clashes with members of his tribe who support the government of ... |