New York Times | US Suspends Nonlethal Aid to Syria Rebels New York Times WASHINGTON — Just a month before a peace conference that will seek an end to the grinding civil war in Syria, the Obama administration's decision to suspend the delivery of nonlethal aid to the moderate opposition demonstrated again the frustrations ... US halts 'non-lethal assistance' into northern Syria after Islamic Front ... US and UK suspend non-lethal aid into Syria US, Britain suspend aid to north Syria after Islamists seize weapons store |
Irish Independent | Syria urged to halt abductions Irish Independent Major international news organisations have sent a letter to the leadership of the armed opposition in Syria, calling for urgent action against rebel groups increasingly targeting journalists for kidnappings. News Outlets Urge Syria Rebels to Halt Abductions News Organizations Protest Journalist Kidnappings In Syria In Letter Syria militants urged to end reporters abductions |
Al Jazeera America | Rights Lawyer Among 4 Abducted in Syria; 2 Journalists Are Also Being Held New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon — A Syrian human rights lawyer who was one of the most vocal early leaders of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad was abducted along with three colleagues in a suburb of Damascus, the Syrian capital, on Tuesday by masked ... Syria Snow Photos Show Bitter Reality Of Life For Refugees Fleeing Civil War ... She Documented Syria's Chemical Atrocities. And Now… Gunmen in Syria abduct leading human rights lawyer |
Aljazeera.com | Wife Appeals for Release of Journalist Kidnapped in Syria New York Times (blog) The wife of Javier Espinosa, an El Mundo journalist who was kidnapped in Syria, making a public appeal for the release of her husband and the photographer abducted with him, Ricardo García Vilanova. International news organizations, including the BBC, ... Call for Spanish reporters' release in Syria Families of Spanish journalists abducted in Syria break their silence (+video) Spanish journalists kidnapped in Syria |
Daily Beast | Surviving Syria's Incendiary Bomb Attacks Daily Beast Syria's government has dropped incendiary weapons on civilians on more than 50 occasions, according to NGOs. Survivors of an attack near Aleppo share their harrowing stories. On a clear afternoon in late August, a government jet flew over Urm Al Kubra, ... |
The Daily Star | Nearly 20000 Lebanese displaced from Syria The Daily Star BEIRUT: As Syrians continue to flee the violence in their home country, so do many Lebanese who have been residing there for decades. A new study has identified nearly 20,000 people of Lebanese origin who have fled Syria since the beginning of the ... Storm brings first snow to Syria camps First snow in Syria camps presages lethal winter to come Fierce Lebanon storm highlights plight of Syria refugees |
Christian Science Monitor | Is Turkey helping international jihadis head to Syria? Christian Science Monitor Istanbul, Turkey. Western governments are expressing growing alarm at the rise of hard-line jihad groups in Syria and their recruitment of volunteers from Europe and the US, who could present a future security threat if and when the survivors return home. |
Will flood of Kurdish refugees from Syria increase volatility in Iraq? PBS NewsHour In response to the threat of violence by anti-Assad jihadi rebel fighters, Syria's Kurdish population has been flooding from that war-torn nation. Many ended up fleeing to Northern Iraq, where they were originally welcomed by the regional government ... |
Telegraph.co.uk | Gulf Arabs urge foreigners out of Syria, drawing regime ire GlobalPost Gulf Arab states demanded foreign militias quit Syria and said President Bashar al-Assad must have no future role Wednesday, in a declaration his Iran- and Hezbollah-backed regime denounced as meddling. Wrapping up a two-day annual summit in Kuwait ... Syria regime slams Gulf interference in conflict Gulf states urge foreign forces to quit Syria, laud Iran shift US suspends non-lethal assistance to north Syria |
The Guardian | UN to fly aid supplies to Syria from Iraq The Guardian The United Nations' first relief airlift to Syria from Iraq will deliver food and winter supplies to the mostly Kurdish north-east this week with the permission of both governments, the UNHCR refugee agency has said. Ilyushin-76 commercial cargo planes ... Understanding Syria: From Pre-Civil War to Post-Assad Syria: First UN Airlift Supplies From Iraq UN to Deliver Relief Supplies to Syria Via Iraq |