Telegraph.co.uk | US-led strikes hit Islamic State, al Qaeda-linked group in Syria: Central Command Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.-led air strikes hit 10 units of Islamic State fighters in Syria in recent days, as well as militants with the al Qaeda-linked Khorasan Group, U.S. Central Command said in a statement on Friday. Seventeen strikes near the ... How would a deal between al-Qaeda and Isil change Syria's civil war? US says it has targeted Khorasan Group again in Syria with airstrike US strikes Khorasan militants in Syria |
www.worldbulletin.net | The war in Syria The Economist THREE and a half years into a war that has left 200,000 dead, forced more than 10m from their homes and sucked in America, Russia and a host of regional meddlers, the UN has a new plan for Syria: “Aleppo first”. It seeks to fix a local ceasefire in ... News Analysis: UN envoy's approach in Syria more plausible than predecessors' |
New York Post | Story behind 'Syria shooting rescue' video revealed New York Post It's also been viewed millions of times on the Web, racking up more than 3.4 million hits on the YouTube channel of the Shaam News Network, an anti-regime outlet covering Syria's bloody civil war. “We are pleased that the film spread widely and that ... #BBCTrending: Syrian 'hero boy' video faked by Norwegian director Syria 'hero boy' video is too good to be true The faked 'hero Syrian boy' video was irresponsible and dangerous |
BBC News | UN says Islamic State imposing rule of terror in Syria BBC News The militant group Islamic State is committing war crimes and imposing a "rule of terror" in areas it controls in Syria, a UN report says. The report, based on more than 300 witness interviews, said IS was using "extreme violence" against civilians ... UN: ISIL committing war crimes in Syria Sources: Obama seeks new Syria strategy review to deal with ISIS, al-Assad 'Americans do not have any coherent policy in Syria' |
Reuters | Syria rebels in south emerge as West's last hope as moderates crushed elsewhere Reuters BEIRUT (Reuters) - With moderate rebels facing defeat by al Qaeda in Syria's north, groups holding a corner of the south are seeking a higher profile and more help, as the last Western-backed forces holding out against both President Bashar al-Assad ... |
CBC.ca | Canada is at war with ISIS, not Syria, Stephen Harper says CBC.ca On the eve of a G20 summit in Australia expected to focus in part on the crisis in Syria and Iraq, Stephen Harper says Canada does not support war on the Syrian government or any Middle East nation — only war against the Islamic State of Iraq and ... Harper says he has no interest in attacking Syria, only Islamic State Harper says he doesn't support war on Syria, only ISIL Stephen Harper says Canada prepared to attack ISIS in Syria, but not Assad ... |
Foreign Policy | Rout of Moderate Rebels Leaves Obama With Vexing Syria Options Foreign Policy The Obama administration is edging closer to establishing a safe zone in northern Syria that will allow rebel fighters to remain in the country without being forced out by President Bashar al-Assad's regime and rival militant groups, according to analysts. Syria charged veteran dissident detained at border |
BBC News | Woman jailed for funding Syria jihad BBC News A London woman convicted of funding her husband fighting in Syria has been jailed at the Old Bailey for 28 months. Amal El-Wahabi, 28, tried to trick a friend into carrying 20,000 euros (£15,800) to Turkey, the court heard. Judge Nicholas Hilliard QC ... London woman duped into smuggling money for jihad in Syria forgives friend UK Mum Guilty Of Funding Jihadists In Syria |
The Guardian | Jihadis who travel to Syria could be barred from UK return for two years The Guardian The security services say up to 500 Britons have travelled to Syria, with as many as 250 returning, and that the number of plots detected in Britain has risen markedly this year with many being hatched by radicalised young British citizens returning ... Manchester twins who fled to Syria - and other suspected jihadis - could have ... Should Cameron ban Britons fighting in Syria from the UK? Welsh jihadists fighting in Syria could be banned from returning home under ... |
BBC News | Will Aleppo finally fall to the Syrian army? BBC News On both sides of its divide, many now predict it is just a matter of time before Syria's second city falls. And with it goes an icon of the uprising. "It's a turning point," Adnan Hadad of the Aleppo Media Centre tells me in a Skype call after his most ... |