New York Times | In Parts of Syria, Lack of Aid 'Is a Catastrophe' New York Times SAWRAN, Syria — The United States and other international donors are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on humanitarian aid for Syrians afflicted by the civil war. But here in the rebel-controlled north, where the deprivation is most acute, that ... |
NPR (blog) | In Syria's Complicated War, UN Peacekeepers Become Pawns NPR (blog) The Syrian civil war keeps getting more complicated, and the seizure of 21 United Nations peacekeepers has again raised concern that the fighting could spread turmoil in the region. The rebels fighting President Bashar Assad's regime are a mixed lot ... UN Suspends for Day Efforts to Release Peacekeepers in Syria Syrian Rebels Agree on Deal to Release Peacekeepers Syria attacks prevent UN peackeeper rescue |
BBC News | Syria Refugees Turn To Prostitution Out Of Desperation Huffington Post Several tents away, a clean-shaven, tattooed young Syrian man, who says he was a barber back in the city of Idlib, offers his wife. "You can have her all day for $70," he promises. He says he never imagined he would be selling his own wife, but he ... Al-Qaida is not yet at Syria's gates Syria's Unseen Crisis: Displaced Women Face Rape, Insecurity, Poverty Syria crisis: Russia won't pressure Assad, says Lavrov |
Russians Bring Dashcam War Reporting to Syria New York Times (blog) Now, it seems, a Russian news crew in Syria has brought that sensibility to war reporting. As the Syrian blogger who writes as Edward Dark noted on Friday, Russia's Abkhazian Network News Agency has released footage of recent battles recorded by a ... |
New York Times | UN Peacekeepers Still Held by Syria Rebels New York Times A group of United Nations peacekeepers from the Philippines who were seized in the disputed Golan Heights region between Syria and Israel two days ago, remained in captivity early on Friday as their captors pressed demands for a redeployment of ... |
Alleged Syria Tank Footage Offers Glimpse Into Devastation In Darayya (VIDEO) Huffington Post A recent video (above) posted on YouTube by the Abkhazian Network News Agency (ANNA) appearing to show the Syrian army engaged in battle with rebels in a Damascus suburb has offered a glimpse into the violence and destruction that continues to ... |
NPR | Thousands Flee Northern Syria After Latest Airstrikes NPR The Syrian rebels overran Raqqah, capturing several high-ranking prisoners, including the provincial governor. Many residents supported the rebels, but when the airstrikes began, they packed in a hurry and fled, believing it was safer to make a dash ... |
UN Expects to Free Hostages in Syria Saturday Voice of America U.N. officials say they have completed arrangements for the release of 21 Philippine peacekeepers held in the Golan Heights by Syrian rebels, and the handover is expected to take place Saturday. A U.N. convoy tried to pick up the peacekeepers late ... |
UN: Syria shelling town where peacekeepers are captive CBS News Syria's U.N. Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari denied that government forces were shelling the village of Jamlah, but he said they were involved in military activity in the suburbs. He stressed that the government's goal is to see the peacekeepers released ... |
Haaretz | Eight UN peacekeepers abandon posts near Syria, retreat to Israeli territory Haaretz After leaving their posts in the demilitarized zone between Israel and Syria, the soldiers were brought into Israel by the Israel Defense Forces, acting in coordination with UNDOF command. The soldiers are currently at an UNDOF post near Quneitra, in ... |