ABC News | Israeli Warplanes Strike Inside Syria for Fifth Time This Year ABC News Israeli warplanes conducted an airstrike early today on a Syrian military facility near the northern Syrian port city of Latakia along the Mediterranean coast, a U.S. official confirms to ABC News. The attack is believed to be the fifth airstrike ... Israeli planes strike Syrian military base, US official says Syria conflict: Israel 'carries out Latakia air strike' Israel Vows to Deny Hezbollah Arms as Details of Syria Raid Emerge |
Israeli Strike Hits Russian Missiles Shipment In Syria Huffington Post Men wait to be searched by the Syrian military after they have crossed from the rebel held suburb of Moadamiyeh to the government held territory Tuesday Oct. 29, 2013 in Damascus, Syria. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic) ... |
NPR | A Conquered Foe Returns To War-Torn Syria: Polio NPR In a refugee camp in eastern Lebanon, aid workers put sandbags around plastic tents to keep winter rains from flooding dirt floors. For weeks now, the threat for Syrian refugees was the coming cold. Now refugees have a bigger fear: polio. A childhood ... Syria and neighbours need urgent development response, UN officials tell ... |
New York Times | Turkey and Iran Signal a Softening of Differences Over Syria New York Times ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey and Iran, on opposing sides of the civil war in Syria, signaled a thaw in relations on Friday, asserting that they shared concerns about the rise in sectarianism there and could collaborate to bring peace to their neighbor. Shared concern over Syria brings thaw between Turkey and Iran Turkey, Iran mostly agree on Syria Only dialog can solve Syria crisis: Zarif |
Daily Beast | Syria's War Tourists Daily Beast When Tyler Smith visited northern Syria this January, he found himself in a dance-off with Syrian rebels at a training area near al-Bab. “I tried to show them how to do the worm,” the 20-year-old American chuckles. “They taught me how to disassemble ... |
The Guardian | Statue of Jesus erected on Syrian hilltop The Guardian Ghadban said the main armed groups in the area – Syrian government forces, rebels and the local militias of Sednaya, the Christian town near the statue site – stopped fighting for three days while the statue was erected. Photos provided by organisers ... In midst of Syria war, Jesus statue arises Amid Syria's civil war, a 40-foot statue of Jesus rises on mountain top ... Giant Jesus Statue Rises In Syria |
New York Times | Syria Destroys Chemical Sites, Inspectors Say New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon — Syria's ability to produce chemical weapons has been destroyed and its remaining toxic armaments secured, weapons inspectors said Thursday, as President Bashar al-Assad has offered unexpectedly robust cooperation, at least so far, ... Syria meets deadline to destroy chemical production facilities Russia says better to remove most chemical weapons from Syria Syria completes 'functional destruction' of chemical weapon-making facilities |
Syria has met first chemical weapons destruction deadline, OPCW says CNN Two injured men are transported on a cart in Aleppo, Syria, following shelling as fighting between pro-government forces and rebels continues on Saturday, October 26. More than 100,000 people have been killed, according to the United Nations, and ... |
The Guardian | Syrian crisis fuelling public health emergency, doctors warn The Guardian Syrian refugees crossing into Turkey, with which it shares an 850km border. A doctor warned: 'Every day, people cross these borders unchecked. Some of them might travel to other Turkish cities and on to Europe.' Photograph: Osman Orsal/Reuters. |
Russian PM sees Syria peace talks by end of year RTE.ie Russia hopes an international peace conference on Syria will be held before the end of this year, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has said. Mr Medvedev has appealed to both sides in Syria's civil war to compromise. He also criticised the opposition for ... |