UN News Centre | UN probes allegations of rebel atrocities in Syria CBS News BEIRUT United Nations experts are investigating allegations that rebels killed dozens of Syrian soldiers in a village near Aleppo after they captured it from government troops, an incident that could amount to a war crime, the world body's human rights ... Syria rebels seize ammo depot UN rights chief calls for investigation into Syria massacre Syrian rebels seize anti-tank missiles in raid on army base |
Christian Science Monitor | Syria strikes refugee camp in northern Lebanon, state media says CNN International Beirut (CNN) -- Syria carried out an airstrike on a refugee camp in northern Lebanon Saturday, killing nine Syrians and wounding nine more, a Lebanese state-run news agency reported. The strike centered on a Syrian refugee camp located near the Syrian ... International concern rises as Syria's neighbors limit refugee flow Fleeing Syria, Palestinians find little support from their brethren in Lebanon Syrian conflict: Many dead in Lebanon border air strike |
Lebanese-Swedish brothers killed in Syria Fox News TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AFP) – Two Islamist Lebanese-Swedish brothers who left their Scandinavian home for Lebanon, have died fighting alongside Syrian rebels, their cousin and a local cleric said on Saturday. Hassan and Moatasem Deeb "were killed Friday ... |
Syria opposition 'deeply concerned' for Italian priest Fox News BEIRUT (AFP) – Syria's main opposition group called Saturday for the immediate release of an Italian Jesuit priest who went to negotiate with jihadists and who is feared to have been taken prisoner. The National Coalition said it "expresses its deep ... Syrian opposition urges release of Catholic priest Jesuit Priest Kidnapped by Rebel Forces Linked to al-Qaeda in Syria? |
The Daily Star | Pressed on Syria, Hezbollah Leader Urges Focus on Israel New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon — In a rare public appearance on Friday, Hezbollah's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, urged Arabs and Muslims to stay focused on opposing Israel despite bitter disagreements over the Syrian war, and declared that his Shiite followers would ... Hezbollah, Hamas agree to disagree on Syria |
Daily Beast | Assad's Desperate Instagram Daily Beast Unlike the Facebook page for “The People of Syria Support President Bashar al-Assad,” which has only 2,800-plus “likes,” this presidential site, which launched in July, has almost 30,000 followers. Not bad for two months. (However, the opposition “The ... |
BBC News | Reports: Deadly explosions hit Syria's Homs Aljazeera.com Forty people have been killed and at least 160 more wounded in explosions at a weapons cache in the central Syrian city of Homs, according to an activist group opposed to President Bashar al-Assad. The blast occurred in the southeastern district of ... Syria's Assad Predicts War Victory for His Forces Despite Rebel Attack on Homs Syria conflict: Assad says he is 'sure of victory' Massive weapons depot blast in Syria kills 40; Assad visits troops outside capital |
Press TV | UN warns of plight of women, children in Syria's Homs Fox News BEIRUT (AFP) – The UN sounded the alarm on Saturday about the plight of women and children in Syria's Homs, urging all parties in the conflict to enable access to some 400,000 trapped civilians. "The situation of women and children in the Syrian city ... UN officials urge safe humanitarian access to civilians in Syria Syria: UN officials urge humanitarian access to thousands trapped by intense ... |
Telegraph.co.uk | Syrian Christian towns emptied by sectarian violence Telegraph.co.uk Hasakah and other towns in northeastern Syria have long been one of the main population centres for Christians, who make up approximately 10 per cent of the country's population. Residents estimate that at least a third of Christians in northeastern ... |
Syria's UN Ambassador blasts Saudi Arabia, radical Islamists at Dearborn event Detroit Free Press Called "Iftar for Peace and Unity in Syria," the event was designed to promote the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and unity among Syria's different groups. The crowd at the Greenfield Manor in Dearborn was largely Syrian Christian ... |