New York Times (blog) | Arms Shipments Seen From Sudan to Syria Rebels New York Times (blog) Syrian rebels, frustrated by the West's reluctance to provide arms, have found a supplier in an unlikely source: Sudan, a country that has been under international arms embargoes and maintains close ties with a stalwart backer of the Syrian government ... |
ABC News | Rebel Chief in Syria Visits Assad's Home Region New York Times (blog) BEIRUT, Lebanon — The commander of the Free Syrian Army, whose forces claim to be leading the insurgency but have been overshadowed by the gains of their tactical jihadist allies, has visited the coastal province that is home to President Bashar ... Top Syria Rebel Visits Fighters in Assad Homeland Syria rebel military chief visits Assad heartland Syian airstrikes target rebel-held town |
Firstpost | Syrian War Shapes Trip by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff New York Times Syria has accused Jordan of acting as a transit point for weapons supplied to Syrian rebels, an accusation Jordan has denied. In recent days, the Jordanian authorities have detained suspected smugglers, including Syrians, accused of attempting to bring ... US eyeing Syrian opposition alliances, chemical weapons moves |
Bloomberg | Al-Qaeda expands in Syria via Islamic State Washington Post BEIRUT — A rebranded version of Iraq's al-Qaeda affiliate is surging onto the front lines of the war in neighboring Syria, expanding into territory seized by other rebel groups and carving out the kind of sanctuaries that the U.S. military spent more ... CIA Says Syria Is No. 1 Threat. What's Obama's Plan? State Department confirms al Qaeda in Iraq leader has relocated to Syria The 'Do-Something' Myth in Syria |
Voice of America | Turkey Signals More Pragmatic Approach to Syria's Kurds Voice of America ISTANBUL — When Syrian Kurds announced their intention to declare an autonomous state, Ankara reacted with anger and threats and deployed its army along the border. But in what is seen as a remarkable change in stance, it recently hosted a meeting ... |
Voice of America | Syria Fallout Raises Tensions in Lebanon's Palestinian Camps Voice of America They say fallout from the civil war raging in neighboring Syria is compromising relations within the camps between Palestinian groups and jihadists sympathetic to opposing sides in the Syrian conflict. The increasing presence of radical Sunni Islamists ... Syria's Palestinian camps controlled by Salafi-Jihadists Lebanon offers Palestinians fleeing death in Syria Ramadan greetings: Go back ... Theatres of War: 1472 Palestinians Murdered in Syrian Conflict |
Asharq Alawsat English | Syria opposition calls for unified rebel army Aljazeera.com The leader of the opposition Syrian National Coalition (SNC) has called for the creation of a unified rebel army that works under the command of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) chief of staff. Speaking to Al Jazeera on Monday, Ahmed al-Jarba said that ... 13 Kurdish civilians taken prisoner by Jabhat Al-Nusra, and 26 killed in custody |
BBC News | Kidnapping threats escalate in Lebanon, neighboring Syria MiamiHerald.com The Northern Storm Brigades rebel group abducted nine Lebanese pilgrims in Syria last year while they were headed to Shiite Muslim religious sites. They were taken hostage as suspected members of the militant group Hezbollah, which has strongly backed ... Turkey alert after Syria-linked pilots' kidnap in Beirut Turkish pilots abducted in Beirut over Lebanese hostages in Syria HRW: Palestinians Fleeing Syria denied entry into Lebanon |
NBCNews.com (blog) | Caught in the middle: Christians suffer amid Syria's civil war NBCNews.com (blog) Distrustful of President Bashar Assad's regime, many of Syria's 2 million Christians also feel threatened by the increasing number of al Qaeda extremists boosting the ranks of rebel forces. Before the two-year conflict -- which the United Nations ... |
Turkey, Syria, Egypt… Hurriyet Daily News Accepting the current Syria or Egypt policies of Turkey as products of a foreign policy based on an “excessively liberal” mindset must be an excessively liberal undertaking. The current foreign policymakers in Ankara have, unfortunately, been suffering ... Congressional Democrats challenge Pentagon Syria assessment Syria burns: Christians driven out of Qusayr Smugglers drag Turkey into Syria's civil war |