New York Times | Taking Outsize Role in Syria, Qatar Funnels Arms to Rebels New York Times WASHINGTON — As an intermittent supply of arms to the Syrian opposition gathered momentum last year, the Obama administration repeatedly implored its Arab allies to keep one type of powerful weapon out of the rebels' hands: heat-seeking shoulder-fired ... |
ABC News | US Official Denounces Hezbollah's Actions in Syria ABC News A senior U.S. official denounced Hezbollah's involvement in the Syrian civil war Monday and accused the Shiite militant group of putting the interests of Iran and Syria above those of the Lebanese people. Underscoring growing sectarian bitterness ... Syrian Rebels Threaten to Target Shi'ite Villages in Aleppo US diplomat blasts Hezbollah over role in Syria war Weary Lebanon licked by the flames engulfing Syria |
Moneycontrol.com | Syria army launches intense assault on Homs Aljazeera.com Air strikes killed at least three civilians as Syrian government forces intensified their attacks and pressed forward with a new bid to retake several rebel-controlled districts of Homs. A woman and her two children were reported killed in attacks on ... Syria Attacks Rebel-Held Area in New Push to Retake City Syria rebels hold out in Homs, deadly blast in Hama Assad's forces battle to tighten control of central Syria |
From Michigan to a violent death in Syria USA TODAY Nicole Mansfield was the first American known to have been killed in Syria's civil war, which has dragged on for more than two years, claiming more than 100,000 lives. Her death comes at a time of intense debate over whether the U.S. should support the ... Family: No Details About Woman's Death in Syria From Flint to a violent death in war-torn Syria |
NBCNews.com | Syria at risk of becoming 'open-air prison' as neighbors close borders, rights ... NBCNews.com BEIRUT - Syria's neighbors have closed or tightened restrictions at several border crossings, leaving tens of thousands of people stranded within Syria's dangerous frontier regions, Human Rights Watch said Monday. It said Iraq, Jordan and Turkey had ... INTERNATIONAL > Turkey rebuffs HRW's Syria refugee report HRW: Syria neighbors block tens of thousands from fleeing 'Five-star' refugee camp illustrates Gulf's growing role in Syria |
Obama Doctrine Faces Troubles in Cairo, Syria Fox News But around the corner in Syria, the Obama Doctrine of transitional Islamism is facing its toughest test yet. The repressive Assad regime has always been hostile to American and Western interests, siding with Moscow and Tehran in the struggles of the ... |
National Review Online (blog) | Catholic priest executed in Syria monastery attack BBC News A Syrian Catholic priest has been publicly executed by rebels at a monastery in the northern Syria, the Vatican says. Father Francois Murad, 49, was beheaded on 23 June when militants attacked the convent where he was staying. The Vatican news agency ... Catholic priest killed by militants in northern Syria The Shadow War Against Syria's Christians Congrats President Nobel: Obama Allies Behead Catholic Priest In Syria |
Voice of America | Kerry to Meet With Davutoglu, Lavrov on Syria Voice of America BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, BRUNEI — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets separately with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Tuesday to discuss Syria's civil war. The meetings come on the sidelines ... |
Press TV | Jeffrey Goldberg Talks US Intervention In Syria, Iraq (VIDEO) Huffington Post Goldberg, a national correspondent for the Atlantic, was at the Aspen Institute, where he spoke to Ahmed Shihab-Eldin about U.S. aid to Syria, the country's intervention in Iraq and the situation in Israel. The Obama administration authorized military ... “Dialog only solution to solve Syria unrest” 7 state employees killed in attack against helicopter in N. Syria Journalists disappearing from Syria |
BBC News | Gulf states at odds over Syria war BBC News As sectarian loyalties and foreign powers push Syria deeper into its bloody conflict, it has also exposed the competing interests of Gulf States, some of which have large stakes in the war. The sectarian nature of Syria's conflict is not just played ... Syria's Sunni vs. Shia Myth Bashar Al-Assad: Syria's Dictator Plays Religious Hatred and Fear Like a Fiddle Syria sides head for neither victory nor defeat |