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Syria Attacks Rebel-Held Area in New Push to Retake City - New York Times (blog) Sun, 30 Jun 2013 00:51:42 GMT

BBC News

Syria Attacks Rebel-Held Area in New Push to Retake City New York Times (blog) BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Syrian military used airstrikes and heavy artillery to assault rebel-held areas of the central city of Homs on Saturday, residents and antigovernment activists said, as the government renewed efforts to retake that perennially ... Syria opposition reports assault on rebels in HomsLos Angeles Times Syrian forces pound rebel-held areas of HomsBBC News Foreign media portrayals of the conflict in Syria are dangerously inaccurateThe Independent FRANCE 24 -Aljazeera.com -Yahoo!7 News all 129 news articles »

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As Doctors Leave Syria, Public Health Crisis Looms - NPR Sat, 29 Jun 2013 16:42:01 GMT

NPR

As Doctors Leave Syria, Public Health Crisis Looms NPR The death toll in Syria's ongoing civil war may now be as high as 100,000. As the violence mounts, another emergency is looming: a public health crisis across the region. That's the conclusion of a new study published by the British medical journal The ... Gulf states and BRICS should help Syria: US saysYahoo! News Lebanon tourism pays price for Syria's warAhram Online all 74 news articles »

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3 German Aid Workers Missing In Syria For 45 Days - Huffington Post Sat, 29 Jun 2013 19:35:07 GMT

The Daily Star

3 German Aid Workers Missing In Syria For 45 Days Huffington Post German news website Spiegel Online reported that the aid group has been working in northern Syria since September 2012. The region has seen fierce fighting been government troops and rebels seeking to topple the regime of President Bashar Assad. Three Germans kidnapped in Syria, says aid organizationDeutsche Welle German aid group says three employees kidnapped in SyriaGlobalPost German aid group says 3 staff missing in SyriaU.S. News & World Report all 23 news articles »

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Political talks needed to end Syria conflict: Salehi - Press TV Sat, 29 Jun 2013 22:32:13 GMT

Press TV

Political talks needed to end Syria conflict: Salehi Press TV Heeding Syrian people's demands and respecting the country's territorial integrity and sovereignty can help find a path out of the ongoing crisis and lead to political Syrian-Syrian talks, Fars News Agency quoted Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar ... Qatar's love affair with SyriaOpEdNews Iranian FM scheduled to discuss Syria in DohaTehran Times all 6 news articles »

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Syrian army launches Homs offensive - Washington Post Sat, 29 Jun 2013 18:25:52 GMT

Syrian army launches Homs offensive Washington Post The government has been pressing a campaign against pockets of resistance in central Syria since taking control earlier this month of the town of Qusair, which lies between Homs and the Lebanese border. Once known as the capital of the revolution for ...

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Syrian Troops Launch Wide Offensive on Homs - ABC News Sat, 29 Jun 2013 18:17:36 GMT

ABC News

Syrian Troops Launch Wide Offensive on Homs ABC News Government troops launched a series of attacks in central Syria Saturday, striking with artillery, tanks and warplanes in a drive to capture rebel-held neighborhoods in the country's third largest city of Homs, with activists said. The army of ...

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Armed Kurds clash with protesters in Syria - Aljazeera.com Fri, 28 Jun 2013 10:59:19 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Armed Kurds clash with protesters in Syria Aljazeera.com Members of a dominant Kurdish party have opened fire at a protest in the Syrian Kurdish-dominated town of Amuda, killing at least three people and leaving at least 10 others injured, activists have told Al Jazeera. Thursday's rally was held to protest ... VIDEO: PKK kills three in protest shooting in SyriaAl-Arabiya Kurdish militia kills three protesters in Syria town: activistsThe Daily Star all 7 news articles »

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Syrian Army Launches Air Assault on Homs - Voice of America Sat, 29 Jun 2013 20:21:28 GMT

Syrian Army Launches Air Assault on Homs Voice of America Syrian state media said the army was "achieving great progress" in Khalidiyah but the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an anti-Assad monitoring group, said there were reports that rebels had destroyed an army tank as troops tried to penetrate the ...

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Brzezinski: Saudi Arabia, Qatar, their western allies orchestrated Syria crisis - Press TV Sat, 29 Jun 2013 08:10:36 GMT

Press TV

Brzezinski: Saudi Arabia, Qatar, their western allies orchestrated Syria crisis Press TV Criticizing the Obama administration's policies regarding Syria, he questioned, “Was this a strategic position? Why did we all of a sudden decide that Syria had to be destabilized and its government overthrown? Had it ever been explained to the ... Russian Troubles in Syria, and OursAmerican Thinker Washington ships arms to Al Qaeda-linked forces in SyriaWorld Socialist Web Site Iran denies S. Arabia's claims of intervention in SyriaTehran Times AINA all 22 news articles »

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Syrian Rebels Claim Big Gains in City Where Protests Began - New York Times Sat, 29 Jun 2013 04:06:50 GMT

Syrian Rebels Claim Big Gains in City Where Protests Began New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon — Rebel fighters in southern Syria claimed on Friday to be in control of most of the city of Dara'a, the cradle of the 2011 uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, after having battled his forces there for two weeks. The assertions ...