Christian Science Monitor | In Syria, Hezbollah forces appear ready to attack rebels in city of Aleppo Washington Post BEIRUT — Thousands of Lebanese Hezbollah militants were massed around the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Sunday, according to rebels and a senior commander in the Lebanese Shiite movement, broadening Hezbollah's backing of President Bashar ... Sunni Cleric Issues Appeal for World's Muslims to Help Syrian Rebels Syrian rebels, Hezbollah in deadly fight in Lebanon GOP argues with itself over Syria (+video) |
Rockets from Syria hit Hezbollah stronghold USA TODAY BEIRUT (AP) — Eighteen rockets and mortars rounds from Syria slammed into Lebanon on Saturday, the largest cross-border salvo to hit a Hezbollah stronghold since Syrian rebels threatened to retaliate for the Lebanese militant group's armed support of ... |
BBC News | Syria conflict: Red Cross 'alarmed' over Qusair BBC News The Red Cross has expressed alarm over the situation in the besieged Syrian town of Qusair, and has appealed for immediate access to deliver aid. Thousands of civilians are believed to be trapped as pro-government forces battle rebels, with medical ... Syria to grant Red Cross access to Qusayr when fighting over Syria: Humanitarian aid cannot enter Qusair until fighting over Syria to allow Red Cross to enter al-Qussair after military operation ends |
All eyes on pitched battle for Syria border town NBCNews.com (blog) By Dominic Evans, Reuters. BEIRUT -- Syrian troops and Hezbollah guerrillas besieging the border town of Qusair fought with rebels on Saturday as the United Nations warned all sides they would be held accountable for the suffering of trapped civilians. |
3: Experts examine Syria involvement, women in the workplace NBCNews.com news this sunday morning "new york times" in the, the sectarian violence that's spreading from syria throughout the middle east . 1,000 people killed in iraq in may alone. we're back with our roundtable. tom freiedman, you've been traveling through the ... |
McCain Says Assad Has Gained the 'Upper Hand' in Syria New York Times (blog) Senator John McCain, back from a surprise trip to Syria, offered his bleakest assessment yet of the hostilities there on Sunday, saying that opposition fighters were being “massacred” and that President Bashar al-Assad, with growing outside support ... |
BBC News | US woman Nicole Mansfield 'brainwashed' into Syria fight BBC News She was an American woman, who lived in suburban Michigan, so how did Nicole Lynn Mansfield, 33, end up dying in Syria, caught up in a conflict, thousands of miles away? Her family, who live in Burton, near the town of Flint, still do not know the answer. Daughter of Michigan Woman Killed in Syria Wants Her Body Returned to US American's family: She went to Syria to help American Woman Killed in Syria |
NPR | A City Of Assad Supporters In War-Ravaged Syria NPR Many people in Syria are accustomed to the sound of daily gunfire. It is normal in battle-scarred cities like Damascus or Qusair. But along the beaches and in the cafes of Tartous, an area that is a center of support for the embattled President Bashar ... |
Hezbollah, Syrian Rebels in Worst Clash... ABC News Syrian rebels and Hezbollah guerrillas battled Sunday in their worst clashes yet inside Lebanon, a new sign that the civil war in Syria is increasingly destabilizing its fragile neighbor. Syria's foreign minister, meanwhile, rebuffed an appeal by the U ... |
The Atlantic Wire | Syria Experiments With Absurdity, Issues Turkey Travel Warning The Atlantic Wire Syria, the country mired in a never-ending, devastating war after the government responded to peaceful protests with violence, is now warning its citizens not to travel to Turkey, because of "violence of [Prime Minister] Erdogan's government against ... Syria to Turkey: Stop Repressing Your People Syria issues travel warning for Turkey Syria rebukes Turkey over protest violence |