Worries Mount as Syria Lures West's Muslims New York Times WASHINGTON — A rising number of radicalized young Muslims with Western passports are traveling to Syria to fight with the rebels against the government of Bashar al-Assad, raising fears among American and European intelligence officials of a new ... |
New York Times (blog) | Syrian Government Blamed for Ballistic Missile Attack New York Times (blog) According to the monitors at the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the Friday night attack struck the Bab al-Neirab neighborhood in the city's southwest, home to the headquarters of a number of rebel brigades, including the Islamic State of Iraq and ... Syria says rebels killed 123 people in north, majority civilians UN, Syria hold 'productive' chemical arms talks as US urges political solution Syria, the 'new Afghanistan' |
Insight - Obama and Syria: a trail of half-steps, mixed messages Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the Syrian civil war deepened and anti-government rebels struggled to unify their fractious forces, the White House early last year quietly convened an elite group of senior policymakers to advise President Barack Obama. |
BBC News | Syria rebel leaders hold talks at UN BBC News They said they were prepared to take part in peace talks if the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad agreed to a political transition, and they appealed to the Russians to end their supply of arms. The BBC's Nick Bryant reports from UN ... Syria peace hopes fade after rebels' talks with West Hezbollah, Iran Pay Price for Syria Role MIDEAST > Syria rebels meet UN Security Council, urge Russia to end al-Assad ... |
UN and Syria say chemical arms talks were 'productive' Reuters BEIRUT (Reuters) - The United Nations and Syria said on Saturday that negotiations between Damascus and the U.N. chemical weapons investigator were "productive", but did not say if his team would be allowed to probe allegations that such weapons had ... |
Aljazeera.com | War in Syria inspires Kurdish unity Aljazeera.com A new front is opening in Syria's devastating civil war as Kurds and al-Qaeda-inspired fighters take advantage of a power vacuum to fight for control of key northern towns. Self-ruling in most of the north-east, the Kurdish autonomy project has been ... |
Soldiers' Mass Execution Reported by Syria Group New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon — Islamist extremists in Syria's insurgency killed 150 soldiers in a battle for control of an Aleppo suburb this week, including 51 who were executed after they had surrendered, according to a Syrian monitoring group that has been ... |
Asharq Alawsat English | Territorial divisions are deepening, regardless of regime and rebel advances The Economist ZIAD, Ammar and Zakaria are all Syrian, but 29 months into a civil war their once-similar home towns now look as if they belong to three different countries. Ziad is from Tartus, a north-western port city covered in posters showing President Bashar Assad. Ankara warns Kurds against secession in north Syria Turkey warns Syrian Kurds against 'dangerous' moves Turkey's Options in Syria: Stable Kurdish Self-Rule or Jihadist Enclave? |
Syria says agreement reached on UN chemical probe Yahoo! News BEIRUT (AP) — Talks between the Syrian government and a U.N. delegation tasked with investigating chemical weapons allegations in the nation's civil war have "resulted in an agreement on ways of moving forward," Syrian state media said Saturday. |
Slate Magazine | Our Stifling Strategy for Syria Slate Magazine This year, I was equally unprepared for a new Washington phenomenon: the flat, stifling strategy vacuum that hits like a physical force when you enter a discussion about Syria. It's not that nothing is happening here: On the contrary, various branches ... |