Parents of US journalist missing in Syria on their way to Beirut CNN (CNN) -- The parents of a U.S. journalist missing in Syria are on their way to Beirut, Lebanon, where they hope to "seek out people who can help facilitate his release," the family said Sunday. Austin Tice, who was working as a freelancer for McClatchy ... |
Bomb attacks in Syrian capital kill 8 people USA TODAY DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Suicide bombers targeted security compounds in Damascus and a car bomb exploded in a pro-regime district there Sunday, killing at least eight people, the latest in a surge of civil war violence in the capital. In northern Syria ... |
ABC News | Syria ER: Sneaking to the Hospital Via Public Sewers ABC News Originally from Homs, Dr. M. Zaher Sahloul is based in Chicago, where he practices critical care medicine and serves as the president of the Syrian American Medical Society. Over the past year, he has made seven trips to Syria. The last was to Aleppo ... Qatar behind transfer of chemicals to Syria militants: Report |
Aljazeera.com | Fighting rages after Doha meeting on Syria Aljazeera.com Last Modified: 23 Jun 2013 17:40. Email Article. Print Article. Share article. Send Feedback. Fighting has erupted in Syria's capital Damascus and the northern city of Aleppo, a day after world powers pledged to increase support to the Syrian opposition. Syria rebel chief says Assad departure must precede talks Syria Rebels Attack Damascus Security Compounds, Five Killed, Activists Say '17 people die' in Syria bombings |
Livemint | WILLIAMS: Syria: Pick your poison or pass the cup Washington Times President Obama met with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the Group of Eight summit last week to discuss many things, but the biggest topic appeared to be their differences over Syria. One look at a picture of their meeting tells you how poorly ... Hollande urges Syria rebels to retake extremist zones Obama needs to act now on Syria: Column Intervention in Syria |
NBCNews.com (blog) | How the Syria conflict is spreading deadly violence to Lebanon NBCNews.com (blog) By Ben Gilbert, Contributor, NBC News. TRIPOLI, Lebanon – An armored personnel-carrier rolls through the city center, its 50-caliber machine gun at the ready as sniper fire cracks in the distance. “I had to move out of my home last night because of the ... |
BBC News | Syria-linked clashes kill at least eight in Lebanon Reuters BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least 12 people were killed in fierce clashes in the Lebanese city of Sidon on Sunday between the army and followers of a Sunni Muslim cleric who have been caught up in sectarian fighting fuelled by the war in neighboring Syria. Lebanese soldiers die in Syria-linked clashes in Sidon |
Center for Research on Globalization | Syria Scorecard New York Times In Tunisia, Yemen, Syria, Egypt, Iraq and Libya, all that's left is a single question: Can the people in these countries who for so long have been governed vertically — from the top down — now govern themselves horizontally by writing their own ... Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and now Syria: Chear-leading Another Blood Bath in ... Colonel Gaddafi's Legacy? Unregulated Libyan weapons 'flood' Syria |
Syrian rebels renew fight for Aleppo Reuters The 11 Western and Arab countries known as the "Friends of Syria" agreed on Saturday to give urgent military support to the rebels, channeled through the Western-backed Supreme Military Council in a bid to prevent arms getting to Islamist radicals. |
Press TV | US not neutral player in proxy war against Syria: Richard Becker Press TV Becker also highlighted the level of foreign intervention, saying the war on Syria is “Really a war by imperialism, by the US, the British and French who used to rule this area, who colonized it; and the regimes that are loyal to them and who they have ... |