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Lebanon and the Long Reach of Syria's Conflict - New Yorker (blog) Wed, 20 Nov 2013 22:50:23 GMT

New Yorker (blog)

Lebanon and the Long Reach of Syria's Conflict New Yorker (blog) The best bet is that the attack was carried out by a group close to the Syrian rebels, who are trying to topple the government of Bashar al-Assad. In the two and a half years since the rebellion began, the war in Syria has become an almost entirely ... Lebanon's Hezbollah holds funeral for Iran Embassy bombing dead, pledges ...Washington Post Iran's role in Syria provoked Beirut attack: March 14The Daily Star Syria's war spreads to Lebanon with attack on Iranian embassyABC Online CNN -TIME -FrontPage Magazine all 1,386 news articles »

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Syria's Assad accused of starving civilians - USA TODAY Wed, 20 Nov 2013 18:36:58 GMT

The Times (subscription)

Syria's Assad accused of starving civilians USA TODAY AMMAN, Jordan — Qusai Zakarya is one of many Syrians who say they were caught in a tactic increasingly used by Syrian forces to starve a rebellion to death. "The torture I am suffering from hunger is worse than what I suffered from sarin," said ... Postcards from SyriaFree Times For more than a year, Qusai Zakarya has been besieged by the Syrian army ...The Times (subscription) all 13 news articles »

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Suicide Bombs Hit Syria Troops North of Damascus - ABC News Wed, 20 Nov 2013 13:05:07 GMT

Washington Post

Suicide Bombs Hit Syria Troops North of Damascus ABC News Suicide bombers targeted Syrian troops and a hospital on Wednesday in the rugged Qalamoun hills north of Damascus, where rebels are struggling to reverse government gains that threaten to cut one of their chief supply lines, activists and officials said. Suicide attack stems Assad advance near Syria-Lebanon borderReuters Syria troops seize strategic town of QaraAljazeera.com Syria's criminal gangsAl-Monitor Al Jazeera America all 521 news articles »

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Syria's civil war may be spreading beyond its borders - CBS News Thu, 21 Nov 2013 00:32:25 GMT

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Syria's civil war may be spreading beyond its borders CBS News (CBS News) BEIRUT - On Wednesday, they began burying the dead in Beirut, Lebanon. Twin suicide bombings on Tuesday killed at least 23 people. The target was Iran's embassy, a sign perhaps that Syria's civil war next door is spreading beyond its ... Hezbollah Suffers Syria Blowback in Beirut BombingsBloomberg Lebanon in crisis from spillover of Syria conflictAl-Monitor Report: Western intelligence agency tipped Lebanon to likely attackMcClatchy Washington Bureau FRANCE 24 -Ya Libnan -Global Times all 93 news articles »

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Briton killed fighting in Syria civil war - The Guardian Wed, 20 Nov 2013 16:17:40 GMT

The Guardian

Briton killed fighting in Syria civil war The Guardian The International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR), a thinktank that has been tracking hundreds of foreign fighters going into Syria, said that news of his death had been associated with propaganda from two major al-Qaida-linked groups ... Four Britons 'killed fighting in Syria war with Al Qaeda rebels'Daily Mail Briton from Notting Hill killed fighting Bashar al-Assad in SyriaTelegraph.co.uk Briton 'doing his duty' by fighting for group linked to al-Qaeda in SyriaBBC News Washington Post -ITV News -The Times (subscription) all 19 news articles »

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Two Bombs in Beirut: An Iranian Target and an Echo of Syria - New Yorker (blog) Wed, 20 Nov 2013 05:04:56 GMT

New Yorker (blog)

Two Bombs in Beirut: An Iranian Target and an Echo of Syria New Yorker (blog) By early afternoon, a Lebanese Sunni Al Qaeda affiliate, Kataib Abdullah Azzam, had claimed responsibility for Tuesday's attack, saying it was in retaliation for the Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah sending its men to fight alongside Syrian ...

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A Violent Year in the Life of the Syria-Turkey Border - Wall Street Journal Wed, 20 Nov 2013 20:37:27 GMT

Hurriyet Daily News

A Violent Year in the Life of the Syria-Turkey Border Wall Street Journal HATAY, Turkey—Along this porous frontier, Syria's conflict is increasingly migrating onto Turkish soil, reshaping communities and feeding fears that Ankara's support for rebel groups could backfire, igniting fresh violence on this side of the border ... Turkey says Assad exploiting delays to Syria peace talksReuters MIDEAST > Davutoğlu accuses al-Assad of exploiting delays to Syria peace talksHurriyet Daily News all 30 news articles »

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Syria's chemical weapons may be destroyed at sea - CBS News Wed, 20 Nov 2013 16:08:49 GMT

CTV News

Syria's chemical weapons may be destroyed at sea CBS News Updated at 11:02 a.m. Eastern. Syria's chemical weapons could be processed and destroyed out at sea, sources familiar with discussions at the international body in charge of eliminating the toxic arsenal told the New York Times and Reuters on Wednesday. Power defends Obama Syria stancePolitico Exclusive: Syria's chemical weapons may be destroyed at sea - sourcesReuters Destroying Syria's chemical weapons at sea is a 'feasible' option: OPCWCTV News National Post -gulfnews.com -RT (blog) all 227 news articles »

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Media workers 'targeted' in Syria's north - Aljazeera.com Wed, 20 Nov 2013 20:41:35 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Media workers 'targeted' in Syria's north Aljazeera.com Syrian government troops are targeting media centres and news providers, Reporters Without Borders has warned after the killing of a citizen journalist and the destruction of premises belonging to two media centres within a week. The journalism ...

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Meet the Rebel Commander in Syria That Assad, Russia and the US All Fear - Wall Street Journal Thu, 21 Nov 2013 03:53:09 GMT

BBC News

Meet the Rebel Commander in Syria That Assad, Russia and the US All Fear Wall Street Journal Some ethnic Chechens and Russian-speaking Islamists have for the first time joined a call to international jihad in large numbers, giving a new potency to rebels seeking to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Thomas Dworzak/Magnum Photos for ... Chechens drawn south to fight against Syria's AssadBBC News all 5 news articles »