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ISIS Takes a Kurdish Village in Syria as Car Bombs Kill Dozens in Homs - New York Times Wed, 01 Oct 2014 22:55:41 GMT

BBC News

ISIS Takes a Kurdish Village in Syria as Car Bombs Kill Dozens in Homs New York Times MERTISMAIL, Turkey — Islamic State militants swept into a Kurdish village in Syria on Wednesday just across the border from this Turkish hamlet, as farther south, in the western Syrian city of Homs, twin car bombs killed at least 45 people, including ... Syria Blasts At School Kill 32, Including 10 KidsHuffington Post Syria air strikes: Chaotic scenes at exit point for refugeesBBC News More US raids as ISIL advances in SyriaAljazeera.com Charleston Daily Mail all 3,139 news articles »

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41 children killed in Syria school bombing - Middle East Eye Wed, 01 Oct 2014 20:13:12 GMT

Middle East Eye

41 children killed in Syria school bombing Middle East Eye Two car bombs exploded in the central Syrian city of Homs on Wednesday afternoon near a school killing 48 people including 41 children. The explosions took place as children were leaving school at the end of classes on Wednesday in a neighbourhood ... Double bombing kills at least 41 children at school in SyriaABC Online Bombings in Syria kill 17, including 10 childrenNew York Post Syria explosions kill 22, including at least 10 childrenCBC.ca Al-Arabiya -Fox News Latino all 114 news articles »

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US doesn't face much threat from Syria's air power – rebels aren't so lucky - Reuters Blogs (blog) Wed, 01 Oct 2014 19:31:17 GMT

Reuters Blogs (blog)

US doesn't face much threat from Syria's air power – rebels aren't so lucky Reuters Blogs (blog) The White House is in a difficult spot when it comes to Syria. Not only is the United States at war with Islamic State, one of President Bashar al-Assad's foes, but U.S. aircraft are also flying through the same airspace, and focused on part of the ... F-22 Raptor Stealth Jet Deployed in Syria AirstrikesNBCNews.com all 236 news articles »

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Islamic State influence spreads beyond Iraq and Syria - USA TODAY Wed, 01 Oct 2014 19:43:22 GMT

USA TODAY

Islamic State influence spreads beyond Iraq and Syria USA TODAY LAHORE, Pakistan — In Pakistan, some are slapping pro-Islamic State bumper stickers on their cars and writing chalk graffiti on walls exhorting young people to join the terrorist group. In China, the government fears that Muslim Uighurs — a restive ... AP INTERVIEW: US Should Hit All Militants in SyriaABC News AOL.com Article - New video from Centcom shows fiery airstrikes in Syria, IraqAOL News Airstrikes pound ISIS targets; bomb blasts kill 30 schoolchildren in SyriaQ13 FOX Slate Magazine (blog) all 2,345 news articles »

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Unifying the 'moderate opposition' is the biggest challenge in Syria - Washington Post Wed, 01 Oct 2014 00:09:21 GMT

Unifying the 'moderate opposition' is the biggest challenge in Syria Washington Post REYHANLI, Turkey. As Syrian rebel commander Hamza al-Shamali describes the battle inside Syria, a few miles across the border, the immediate problem isn't defeating the Islamic State. It's coordinating the ragtag brigades of the Free Syrian Army into a ... and more »

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Turkish Troops Head to Syria Border as Options Weighed - Bloomberg Tue, 30 Sep 2014 08:30:10 GMT

Bloomberg

Turkish Troops Head to Syria Border as Options Weighed Bloomberg Turkey sent busloads of troops to its border with Syria and considered military options as an Islamic State onslaught against Syrian Kurds drew Turkey deeper into its neighbor's fighting. Military chief General Necdet Ozel, flanked by top commanders ...

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Syria, Through a Glass, Darkly ... - Huffington Post Thu, 02 Oct 2014 02:20:56 GMT

Syria, Through a Glass, Darkly ... Huffington Post The unrest in Syria and Iraq, brought on by the actions of the Islamic state (formerly known as the Islamic State in Syria, or ISIS), was threatening to spill over into the region at large. I awoke to find that the United States had, in concert with ... and more »

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ISIS beheads 9 Kurdish fighters captured in Syria - Fox News Wed, 01 Oct 2014 11:59:58 GMT

Fox News

ISIS beheads 9 Kurdish fighters captured in Syria Fox News Turkish soldiers patrol as Islamic militants fight Kurdish forces to the west of Kobani, Syria, at the Turkey-Syria border near Suruc, Turkey, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014. U.S.-led coalition airstrikes targeted fighters, vehicles and artillery pieces of ...

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Islamic State Closes in on Syria's Kobani as Kurds Resist - Bloomberg Wed, 01 Oct 2014 11:37:56 GMT

Bloomberg

Islamic State Closes in on Syria's Kobani as Kurds Resist Bloomberg Islamic State forces are closing in on the Syrian town of Kobani, a key Kurdish stronghold near the border with Turkey, even after U.S.-led coalition warplanes again struck militant targets in the area. Militants driving tanks and firing mortars ...

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Are Turkish troops trapped at Syrian tomb? - Al-Monitor Wed, 01 Oct 2014 21:10:09 GMT

Al-Monitor

Are Turkish troops trapped at Syrian tomb? Al-Monitor At the moment, a critical debate is raging in Turkey about a Turkish Special Forces (TSF) detachment posted about 20 miles inside Syria to guard the Tomb of Suleiman Shah, an extraterritorial Turkish enclave. The debate has been fanned by the ...