NBCNews.com (blog) | Rebels in Syria Release UN Peacekeepers to Jordan, Easing Crisis in Border ... New York Times ANTAKYA, Turkey — Syrian rebels released 21 detained United Nations peacekeepers to Jordanian forces on Saturday, ending a three-day standoff that raised new tensions in the region and new questions about the fighters just as the United States and ... Syria rebels free UN peacekeepers Freed UN peacekeepers cross into Jordan from Syria Rebels Free 21 UN Captives in Southern Syria |
UN peacekeepers in Syria to be freed Los Angeles Times The 21 peacekeepers, all Filipinos, were seized Wednesday by insurgents in southern Syria near the Israeli border. The incident drew condemnation from the U.N., the United States, the Philippines and other nations, which demanded their immediate ... |
BBC News | Syria's priceless heritage under attack BBC News Thousands have been killed and millions made homeless in Syria's civil war, but it has also caused irreparable damage to some of the world's most precious historical sites. The treasures now being destroyed matter to everyone on the planet, argues ... |
NPR | A Chat With A Radical Fighter In Syria NPR The Islamist rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra has been secretive, keeping to itself and refusing to meet Western journalists. The group has been designated a terrorist organization by the Obama administration and was thought to be made up mostly of foreign ... Arming Syria's Al Nusra Terrorists: US-British Al Qaeda Airlift of 3000 Tons ... |
Aljazeera.com | UN troops 'moved to Syria-Jordan border' Aljazeera.com UN peacekeepers seized by Syrian rebels in the Golan Heights have been moved to the Jordanian border, accompanied by fighters, according to their abductors. Saturday's announcement came a day after a UN bid to retrieve the 21 Filipinos had been ... |
The Guardian | UN hostages freed in Syria The Guardian Link to video: UN peacekeepers held hostage by Syrian rebels are released. Twenty-one United Nations peacekeepers captured by Syrian rebels and held for three days in a southern village have crossed safely into neighbouring Jordan. The Filipino ... |
Globe and Mail | Captured UN peacekeepers cross into Jordan from Syria, rebels say Globe and Mail Twenty-one UN peacekeepers captured by Syrian rebels and held for three days in a southern Syrian village crossed the border into Jordan on Saturday, two rebel sources told Reuters. “They are all on the Jordanian side now and they are in good health,” ... |
al-Akhbar English | Syria crushed by war two years into revolt The Australian AS the Arab Spring blossomed two years ago, a heady breeze brought hopes of democracy, human rights and a better life to countries across the Middle East and North Africa, including Syria. But while dictatorships fell in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen and Libya ... Hesitation in Syria on 'peace' Syria: Both Sides Brace for Battle Factfile on Syria |
Little Relief in North Syria, Where Need Is Acute New York Times Syrian refugees lined up for a hot meal distributed by IHH, a Turkish humanitarian group, at the Bab al-Salam camp in Syria. The United States and other international donors are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on humanitarian aid for Syria ... |
Clashes erupt in Syria near UN hostages USA TODAY The U.N. force has been monitoring an Israeli-Syrian cease-fire for four decades without incident, and the abduction of the 21 men added another destabilizing twist to Syria's civil war. The Filipino peacekeepers, taken captive on Wednesday, were being ... |