New York Times | Turkey Seeks Buffer Zone on the Border With Syria New York Times ISTANBUL — With the United States continuing to pressure Turkey to do more in the fight against the Islamic State, Turkey's position has hardened around an idea it has pushed for years as a strategy to confront the chaos of the Syrian civil war: a ... Allies consider 'buffer zone' inside Syria Buffer zones: the new international plan for a mini-invasion of Syria, explained France backs Syria buffer zone proposal |
The Guardian | Coalition air strikes against Isis aid Bashar al-Assad, Syrian rebels claim The Guardian Analysts and diplomats in Syria and abroad say government air raids – including deadly barrel bombings – have claimed scores of lives in the two weeks since the coalition air strikes began. In some areas government attacks have intensified – as have ... Turkey and Syria Airstrikes, street battles rock the Syrian city of Kobani Turkey's Dangerous Bet on Syria |
Fox News | Syria Airstrikes Failed To Cripple Khorasan Threat Huffington Post WASHINGTON (AP) — The barrage of U.S. cruise missiles last month aimed at a Syrian terrorist cell killed just one or two key militants, according to American intelligence officials who say the group of veteran al-Qaida fighters is still believed to be ... US intelligence officials: Airstrikes didn't wipe out threat from terrorist ... |
New York Times | Iraq, Syria and jihadism The Economist THESE are early days, but the campaign that Barack Obama announced almost exactly a month ago to “degrade and ultimately destroy” Islamic State is not going well. In both Syria and Iraq, IS is scoring victories against the West and its Sunni Arab allies. As Islamic State Nears Conquest of Syrian Town, US Presses Turks White House grapples with limits of air campaign in Iraq and Syria Obama's Syria choices go from bad to worse |
The Guardian | Turkish Kurds gather to support anti-Isis fighters just inside Syria The Guardian The hardline group now controls more than a third of Kobani, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, but commanders have reportedly rushed in extra troops, suggesting the strength of resistance had surprised them. Isis had pledged to hold ... |
New York Times | US Focus on ISIS Frees Syria to Battle Rebels New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon — As American warplanes cross the Syrian sky dropping bombs on Islamic State militants, another set of air raids has sown destruction across the country, as the Syrian government returns with new intensity to its longstanding and ... |
US, allies 'examining' Syrian buffer zone as Islamic State fight deepens Washington Post ANTAKYA, Turkey — A proposal to create a protected buffer zone in Syria is worth study, the United States and two European allies said Wednesday as American-led airstrikes appeared to push back Islamic State fighters trying to overrun a border town. |
Reuters | Special Report: How Syria policy stalled under the 'analyst in chief' Reuters “It became clear from the people very close to the president that he had deep, deep reservations about intervening in Syria,” said Julianne Smith, who served as deputy national security advisor to Vice President Joe Biden. “And the likelihood of ... How Obama let Iraq and Syria slide How Obama Tried to Stay Out of Syria, and Still Failed |
Wall Street Journal | Coalition Steps Up Airstrikes on Besieged Syrian Border City Wall Street Journal A Turkish soldier holds a Turkish flag Thursday on a tank overlooking Kobani, across the border in Syria. Andrew Quilty for The Wall Street Journal. Coalition warplanes carried out 19 airstrikes near Kobani on Wednesday and Thursday, the U.S. military ... |
Turkey's Kurdish Reckoning in Syria Wall Street Journal Now that the Turkish parliament has approved military engagement against the Islamic State in Syria, the question is what Ankara will do next in this growing conflict on its doorstep. The worrying answer: probably not enough. Turkey's policy toward the ... |