Los Angeles Times | US decries Russia weapons sale to Syria Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Friday condemned Russia's delivery of advanced antiship missiles to Syria and its buildup of warships in the eastern Mediterranean, arguing that the Kremlin's escalating support for its longtime ally in ... Russia Sends More Advanced Missiles to Aid Assad in Syria New Russian Missile Sales to Syria Makes Assad 'Prone to Miscalculation' Russia boosts its naval presence in Syria, sends regime new missiles (+video) |
BBC News | UN: More than 1.5 million fled Syria, 4 million more displaced within nation CNN International (CNN) -- The number of Syrian civilians who have fled their country to escape the civil war has passed 1.5 million, the U.N. refugee agency said Friday. "The Syrian conflict continues to have a devastating impact on the lives of those who are forced to ... Syria crisis: Refugee total now more than 1.5m - UNHCR Syria refugee tally tops 1.5 million: UN Syria crisis: number of refugees tops 1.5 million, says UN |
Globe and Mail | Russia slammed by US for sending anti-ship missiles to Syria Fox News The Obama administration denounced Russia on Friday for providing Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime with anti-ship missiles, saying the weapons would only worsen a war that Washington and Moscow have been promising to work together on ... Dempsey slams Russia for giving Syria anti-ship missiles, says they'll ... 10 dead in fuel tank explosion near Turkey-Syria border Ten killed in fuel tanker explosion on Turkey-Syria border |
The Hindu | Rights Group Says It Finds Proof of Torture in Syria New York Times CAIRO — An international human rights group said Friday that visits to two Syrian security centers recently captured by rebel fighters contained proof of widespread, arbitrary detentions and torture by the government of President Bashar al-Assad. Rights group says it found government torture rooms in Syria Torture Evidence Found In Syria Evidence of torture by regime in Syria's Raqa: HRW |
BBC News | Turkey's Erdogan says UN must decide on any Syria no-fly zone Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday it would be up to the U.N. Security Council to decide whether to establish a no-fly zone inside Syria and said he backed the involvement of Russia and China in planned peace ... President Obama under pressure to intervene in Syria Obama says US won't act alone on Syria Obama, Turkish prime minister discuss how to end civil war in Syria |
France opposes Syria conference if Iran to attend Reuters SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - France spelled out on Friday that it would oppose a peace conference for Syria if Bashar al-Assad's regional ally Iran is invited, clouding the prospect for a U.S.-Russian initiative to end the two-year-old war. No date has ... |
Turkey may be Obama's key to solving Syria crisis CNN (CNN) -- Almost every American ally in the Middle East is desperately calling out for help, and we are ignoring them. Turkey, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain -- and behind closed doors, even Egypt -- want American involvement in Syria to ... |
Aljazeera.com | Syria hackers breach Financial Times accounts Aljazeera.com ... website to increase account security, particularly for news outlets. Stories on the FT's website had their headlines replaced by "Hacked By Syrian Electronic Army" and messages on its Twitter feed read: "Do you want to know the reality of the ... UPDATE 3-Syria government supporters hack Financial Times Syria's pro-Assad hackers target Financial Times blogs, Twitter feeds Financial Times Hacked By Syria Group - Sky News |
U.S. News & World Report | Russia Complicates Possible Peace in Syria With New Arms Deal U.S. News & World Report Russian sailors are seen Friday aboard the Russia war ship Admiral Panteleyev, right, moored at the Cypriot port of Limassol. The vessels is a part of Russia's Pacific fleet and arrived in the Mediterranean sea recently in light of the civil war now ... |
Washington Post | UN chief, in Russia, talks up Syria peace conference Washington Post “The crisis in Syria is first and foremost on our minds,” Ban said at a news conference with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in the Black Sea city of Sochi. “Now our challenge is to build on the momentum that Foreign Minister Lavrov and Secretary [of ... |