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No Quick Impact in US Arms Plan for Syria Rebels - New York Times (blog) Mon, 15 Jul 2013 01:42:09 GMT

New York Times (blog)

No Quick Impact in US Arms Plan for Syria Rebels New York Times (blog) The cautious approach reflects the continued ambivalence and internal divisions of an administration that still has little appetite for intervention in Syria, but has been backed into a corner after American and European spy agencies concluded that ... Obama Administration Should Clarify Syria PolicyAl-Monitor Civilians trapped in Syria mosqueArab News Opinion: Syria is dyingAsharq Alawsat English Ya Libnan -Hilton Head Island Packet -Strategy Page all 47 news articles »

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Israel won't confirm role in Syria attack - Los Angeles Times Mon, 15 Jul 2013 01:23:23 GMT

The Times (subscription)

Israel won't confirm role in Syria attack Los Angeles Times JERUSALEM — Israel maintained official silence Sunday in response to accusations that it had attacked the Syrian port city of Latakia, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his government won't tolerate weapons transfers to Lebanon's Hezbollah ... Israel Airstrike Targeted Advanced Missiles That Russia Sold to Syria, US SaysNew York Times (blog) Report: Israel led air strike in Syria on July 5USA TODAY Israel airstrike on Syria was aimed at Russian made missilesThe Times (subscription) Huffington Post -Times of India all 113 news articles »

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Islamic Militants Leave Pakistan to Fight in Syria - ABC News Sun, 14 Jul 2013 19:22:09 GMT

Voice of America

Islamic Militants Leave Pakistan to Fight in Syria ABC News Suleman spent years targeting minority Shiite Muslims in his home country of Pakistan as a member of one of the country's most feared militant groups. Now he is on his way to a new sectarian battleground, Syria, where he plans to join Sunni rebels ... Pakistan Taliban Set up Camps in Syria, Join Anti-Assad WarVoice of America Pakistani Taliban sent hundreds to Syria to fight shoulder-to-shoulder with rebelsRT (blog) Syria conflict: why Pakistani Taliban is pledging support for rebelsThe Guardian Arutz Sheva -The Jewish Press all 31 news articles »

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Egypt, Jordan, Iraq seek to stem Syrian refugee flood - Christian Science Monitor Sun, 14 Jul 2013 17:17:34 GMT

Christian Science Monitor

Egypt, Jordan, Iraq seek to stem Syrian refugee flood Christian Science Monitor Nearly a third of Syria's 21 million people are now a refugee or displaced within their own country. That staggering number has begun to overwhelm neighboring countries and international organizations say some states are beginning to severely restrict ...

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Syria Weighs Its Tactics as Pillars of Its Economy Continue to Crumble - New York Times Sun, 14 Jul 2013 09:03:50 GMT

Syria Weighs Its Tactics as Pillars of Its Economy Continue to Crumble New York Times Two years of war have quintupled unemployment, reduced the Syrian currency to one-sixth of its prewar value, cost the public sector $15 billion in losses and damage to public buildings, slashed personal savings, and shrunk the economy 35 percent, ...

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Tensions increase within Syria rebel ranks - Aljazeera.com Sun, 14 Jul 2013 11:50:41 GMT

BBC News

Tensions increase within Syria rebel ranks Aljazeera.com The Free Syrian Army (FSA) and al-Qaeda-linked fighters have clashed again, just days after a leader of the FSA was shot dead at a checkpoint after a row between fighters from the two groups. Activists told Al Jazeera that the FSA and the Islamic State ... Syria crisis: Murder of FSA's Kamal Hamami raises fearsBBC News Syria: 200 Civilians 'Trapped In Mosque'Sky News Syria rebel group demands Islamists turn over suspected killerLos Angeles Times CBC.ca -Fox News all 141 news articles »

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French president says 2 journalists held in Syria are alive, but a captive in ... - Fox News Sun, 14 Jul 2013 13:32:10 GMT

French president says 2 journalists held in Syria are alive, but a captive in ... Fox News French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told Europe 1 radio Sunday that Didier Francois and Edouard Elias, the two journalists who disappeared in June in Syria, are alive. President Francois Hollande said later on French TV that "we're doing ...

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Two French journalists kidnapped in Syria alive - Fox News Sun, 14 Jul 2013 15:03:50 GMT

FRANCE 24

Two French journalists kidnapped in Syria alive Fox News PARIS, France (AFP) – Two French journalists kidnapped shortly after arriving in Syria in June are alive and Paris is working for their release, the defence minister said on Sunday. Didier Francois, 53, a seasoned reporter in troublespots with Europe 1 ... Two French journalists missing in Syria 'alive'FRANCE 24 Two French journalists abducted in Syria are alive: Defence MinisterRFI Two French journalists missing in Syria alive, says defense ministerXinhua all 145 news articles »

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Syrian rebels say 200 trapped by fighting in mosque near Damascus - Fox News Sun, 14 Jul 2013 19:07:43 GMT

Syrian rebels say 200 trapped by fighting in mosque near Damascus Fox News AMMAN, Jordan – Syria's main Western-backed opposition said Sunday that 200 civilians are trapped in a mosque in a suburb of the Syrian capital as fighting rages outside between rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar Assad. Meanwhile, Syrian ...

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Syrian government seizes on its momentum in civil war - CBS News Sun, 14 Jul 2013 15:27:46 GMT

Syrian government seizes on its momentum in civil war CBS News DAMASCUS, SyriaHeavy clashes between President Bashar Assad's forces and rebels broke out Sunday on the edge of the Syrian capital, where the government has been pushing its offensive to retake key districts that have been in opposition hands for ...