New York Times | Turkey to Let Iraqi Kurds Cross to Syria to Fight ISIS New York Times MURSITPINAR, Turkey — Turkey will allow Iraqi Kurdish forces, known as pesh merga, to cross its border with Syria to help fight militants from the group called the Islamic State who have besieged the Syrian town of Kobani for more than a month, the ... Kobani: US drops weapons to Kurds in Syria Islamic State: Fresh fighting in key Syrian town of Kobane Kobane's defenders ally with Syria's mainstream opposition |
Syria tribal revolt against Islamic State ignored, fueling resentment Washington Post REYHANLI, Turkey — The cost of turning against the Islamic State was made brutally apparent in the streets of a dusty backwater town in eastern Syria in early August. Over a three-day period, vengeful fighters shelled, beheaded, crucified and shot ... |
McCain Will Push For Ground Troops In Iraq, Syria If GOP Wins The Senate Huffington Post "We may be able to 'contain,' but to actually defeat ISIS is going to require more boots on the ground, more vigorous strikes, more special forces, further arming the Kurdish peshmerga forces and creating a no-fly zone and buffer zone in Syria," said ... |
Politico | Doubling Down on Disaster in Syria Politico Fareed Zakaria and Leslie Gelb both have made what they think are bold and unfashionable proposals for U.S. policy in Syria without bothering to realize that their prescriptions have become the new conventional wisdom. Both not only advocate that the ... |
Wall Street Journal | Ability to Punish Syria for Alleged Chlorine Weapons Use Limited, US Says Wall Street Journal Children receive oxygen in Kfar Zeita, a rebel-held village in Hama province. A toxic chemical, almost certainly chlorine, was used “systematically and repeatedly” as a weapon in attacks on villages in northern Syria earlier this year, OPCW said last ... |
Reuters | Islamic State foiled in attempt to kidnap Syrian rebel leader in Turkey Telegraph.co.uk The kidnappers drove Abu Issa and his son at top speed towards the border and were intending to smuggle them to Syria. Increased Turkish military presence there made it too difficult to cross, and the kidnap attempt was ultimately failed when one of ... UN would offer humanitarian support in Syria safe zones: Amos Turkey streets in uproar over war in Syria UN would offer support in Syria safe zones: Amos |
Press TV | Political mistakes must end over Syria: Iran official Press TV Turkey, which supports the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government, has repeatedly called for a buffer zone along its border with Syria. Ankara has said that it will join the so-called US-led military coalition against the ISIL ... Beyond Iraq and Syria, Lebanon gets pulled into war with Islamic State group Qaouk slams March 14 'stubbornness' on Syria West's Irresponsible Behavior behind Syria's Protracted Conflict: Iran |
The Independent | UK drones ready to attack Isis in Syria and Iraq The Independent The decision to fly over Syrian territory is certain to lead to charges of “mission creep” and opposition in some quarters of Parliament. Several Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs who voted for the Iraq operation indicated that they would object to ... Iraq/Syria: Is ISIS Flying Jets? UK to Deploy Reapers Britain to deploy armed drones in Syria |
Green Bay Press Gazette | Fresh combat in Iraq, Syria stirs veterans' emotions Green Bay Press Gazette As the American military and its partners engage in airborne combat in Iraq and Syria against the Islamic State, one area mental heath expert said he's hearing frustration from veterans who served in the war in Iraq. "The most current theme I'm hearing ... |
BBC News | London mother: 'My jihad son came back from Syria' BBC News Amid growing concern in Muslim communities about the radicalisation of young men and women, one mother has described to BBC Inside Out London how she persuaded her son to return from fighting in Syria. He had joined a group linked to Islamic State ... Mum flew to Syria to rescue son who had been radicalised by Islamic State Mother's Fight To Bring Back Son From Syria After Joining Islamic State Militants |