Reuters | Kurdish peshmerga forces enter Syria's Kobani after further air strikes Reuters SURUC Turkey/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A convoy of Iraqi Kurdish forces in Turkey rolled late on Friday across the border into Syria to help Syrian Kurds defend the besieged town of Kobani that has become the focus of a Western-backed war against Islamic ... Peshmerga Fighters Enter Syria's Kobani To Join ISIS Fight Syrian regime denounces Turkey for allowing foreign fighters to enter Kobane Syria IS: Iraq Peshmerga fighters 'cross into Kobane' |
News & Observer | Are anti-ISIS airstrikes in Syria aiding Assad? CNN (CNN) -- After several months of airstrikes, the international coalition's operation against ISIS in Syria has failed to dismantle the group's structure of command and has pushed its militants further beyond the country's borders. Civilians and ... Analysis: In Syria, no good options for West West left with few options in Syria White House Says Syria Strategy Working |
'Afghan' in Syria: Iranians pay us to fight for Assad CNN Gaziantep, Turkey (CNN) -- It is like many of the images of aftermath in Syria's chaotic war -- a man being pulled from the rubble of the building. But this one is different. The panic is muted, the men dig not slowly, but leisurely. This is because ... |
New York Times | Q. and A. on ISIS Hostages Held in Syria New York Times The New York Times published a detailed account earlier this week of the horror 23 Western hostages faced when they were held by the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, in an underground network of prisons in Syria. Invited to ask questions of ... |
Al-Arabiya | More Foreign Fighters Are Going to Iraq and Syria Than Ever Before, UN Says TIME More than 15,000 foreign fighters have traveled to Iraq and Syria to fight with the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) and similar extremist groups, according to a new United Nations report. The report, obtained by the Guardian, warns that ... Airstrikes against Islamic State do not seen to have affected flow of fighters ... US:1000 foreign fighters flock to Syria each month UN sounds warning over foreigners fighting in Iraq and Syria |
Aljazeera.com | UN envoy proposes Syria 'fighting freeze' Aljazeera.com UN peace envoy Staffan de Mistura has presented an "action plan" for Syria, proposing to "freeze" fighting in local areas to allow for aid deliveries and to lay the groundwork for talks. De Mistura told reporters after meeting with the UN Security ... Iran should be part of solution to crisis in Syria: Russia UN envoy proposes zones to 'freeze' Syria fighting New UN Envoy on Syria Briefs Security Council |
New York Times | Syrian Photographer's Record of Deaths Generates Outrage, but Little Action New York Times WASHINGTON — Wearing a blue hood to shield his identity, a former Syrian police photographer briefed a congressional committee over the summer on the photos he had smuggled out of the country to document the deaths of thousands of prisoners killed in ... |
For Turkey and US, at odds over Syria, a 60-year alliance shows signs of ... Washington Post ANKARA, Turkey — The increasingly hostile divergence of views between Turkey and the United States over Syria is testing the durability of their 60-year alliance, to the point where some are starting to question whether the two countries still can be ... |
ABC News | Small Iraqi Peshmerga Force Enters Syrian Town ABC News A vanguard force of Iraqi peshmerga troops entered the embattled Syrian border town of Kobani from Turkey on Thursday, part of a larger group of 150 fighters that the Kurds hope will turn back an offensive by militants of the Islamic State group. |
The Guardian | Brighton jihadi vows to fight to the death in Syria despite family pleas The Guardian Amer Deghayes, 20, the last surviving member of a group of four jihadis from Brighton who secretly travelled to Syria this year to fight for al-Qaida-affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra, told the Guardian: “I didn't come here ... [for the] experience,” adding ... British jihadi whose brothers died in Syria aims to 'follow them to martyrdom' Brother willing to die in Syria British jihadist who has already lost two brothers in Syria reveals he will ... |