CTV News | 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 |
New York Times | Outsiders will not bring peace to Syria unless they face up to some difficult ... The Economist FOREIGN governments insist that diplomacy is the only answer to the war in Syria. Yet on November 5th Lakhdar Brahimi, a respected UN envoy, postponed a peace conference in Geneva planned for the end of this month. It was just the latest delay, despite ... Diplomats Fail to Agree on Details for Syria Peace Talks Inspectors Waiting on 2 Syria Chemical Sites Brahimi in talks over Syria conference |
Syria Humanitarian Access A Growing Concern For Aid Groups Huffington Post BEIRUT -- With hopes for comprehensive peace talks in the immediate future nearly quashed, groups monitoring the ongoing crisis in Syria say more attention needs to be paid to the intractable dilemma of delivering humanitarian aid to the country. More ... |
Aljazeera.com | Syria rebels recapture army base near Aleppo Aljazeera.com Syrian opposition fighters retook a strategic base in the northern Aleppo province on Saturday, as shelling killed at least 11 people in nearby Aleppo city. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the fighters, including jihadists from two al ... Syria rebels recapture army base near Aleppo airport Syria rebels retake strategic base in north: NGO Syria: Assad forces tighten Aleppo choke hold |
MiamiHerald.com | In Syria, suicide bombings hold tactical role in rebel assaults MiamiHerald.com BEIRUT -- A Syrian rebel suicide bomber detonated a car full of explosives in front of a key government military intelligence office in the southern Syrian city of Sweida on Wednesday, killing a commander and about seven other officials working for Air ... Al-Qaeda's Zawahiri disbands main faction operating in Syria Al-Qaeda leader orders main branch in Syria disbanded Nusra Front runs al-Qaeda operations in Syria: Zawahiri |
BBC News | UN targets polio in Middle East after Syria outbreak BBC News A huge vaccination campaign against polio has been launched by the United Nations in the Middle East after the disease re-emerged in Syria. The UN says it aims to immunise more than 20 million children in several countries over six months. Europe warned as Middle East gears up for mass vaccination after Syria polio ... Europe at risk of polio outbreak as refugees flee Syria Lebanon starts to vaccinate 750000 against polio after Syria outbreak |
BBC News | Syrian Rebels Meet on Possible Geneva Peace Talks Voice of America CAIRO, EGYPT — Syrian opposition leaders are meeting in Istanbul through Sunday to decide whether to participate in a peace conference tentatively to be held in Geneva under U.N. auspices in coming weeks. The weekend meeting is taking place as the ... Syria rebel ex-commander says West 'supporting' Assad Syria opposition wants pressure on Damascus before agreeing to talks Syrian Opposition Mulls Talks With Government |
The Daily Star | Inspectors in Syria Have Only One Site Left to Check New York Times LONDON — International chemical weapons inspectors reported further progress on Thursday in eliminating Syria's stockpile, saying they had verified the destruction of 22 of the 23 sites that the Syrian government declared had been used for the ... Danes Could Transport Syria's Chemical Weapons Canadian leads team tasked with disposing Syria's mass arsenal of chemical ... Russia, US see Syria missing disarmament deadline |
Behind The Lines: Kurds defending autonomous 'Rojava' enclave in Syria Jerusalem Post The absence of clarity in the direction of the war in Syria derives partly from the fact that there is no longer a single conflict in the country. Rather, the civil war has in the last year turned from a straight fight between a regime and a rebellion ... |
Center for Research on Globalization | Israeli Bombers over Syria: Al Qaeda's Air Force Center for Research on Globalization The current series of Israeli bombing raids and missile strikes against Syria are designed to strengthen the armed Syrian opposition and Islamist mercenaries seeking to destroy the government in Damascus . Israel intends to sabotage the upcoming round ... |