Hagel Steps Down After Discord On Syria, Iraq NPR President Obama announced the defense secretary's resignation Monday morning. Chuck Hagel clashed with White House adviser Susan Rice on Syria policy, and he never made it into Obama's inner circle. Copyright © 2014 NPR. For personal ... |
BBC News | Two Britons Join Fight Against IS In Syria Sky News The sister of a former British soldier fighting against the Islamic State in Syria has told Sky News he is there to help others and his family are proud of him. Lara Hughes' brother James travelled to the war-torn country with friend Jamie Read to join ... British men join Kurds' fight against Islamic State in Syria Scot joins the fight against IS militants in Syria War against Isis: Two Britons travel to Syria to fight Islamic State |
Reuters | US, allies conduct 24 strikes on Islamic State in Iraq, Syria: CENTCOM Reuters In a statement on Monday, the U.S. military said the strikes in Syria near the border town of Kobani and Raqqa took out three of the militant group's fighting positions, targeted several staging areas and hit one of its headquarter buildings. In Iraq ... US-led airstrikes in Syria kill over 900, activist group says Islamic State recruiting, exploiting children in Syria and Iraq as spies, fighters Kurds gain ground from ISIS in Syria's Kobani: activists |
UN News Centre | UN says Palestinian refugees from Syria face 'increasingly grave' situation ... UN News Centre 24 November 2014 – The plight of Palestine refugees from Syria in the Middle East is becoming increasingly grave caused by closed borders and a series of forced returns from neighbouring countries, Chris Gunness, spokesperson for the United Nations ... UN concerned about Palestinian refugee from Syria Jordan: Vulnerable Refugees Forcibly Returned to Syria Palestinian refugees from Syria face grave situation region wide: UN |
ABC News | US and Turkey remain divided over Syria path Financial Times Washington is seeking greater Turkish support for Syrian fighters battling the jihadis of the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant, also known as Isis, even though it remains at odds with Ankara over whether to prioritise the fight against Isis or the ... US, Turkey Still Not in Sync on Syria Biden visit mends fences as Turkey, US seek strategy for Syria, Islamic State US and Turkey discuss transition away from Assad in Syria |
Evening Standard | Pictured: Kurdish London girl, 17, 'who travelled to Syria to fight against IS ... Evening Standard Friends and family believe she may have been making her way to Syria becoming the first known British female fighter to join the battle against Islamic State terrorists. Officers are trying to establish if the teenager is planning to join the ranks of ... Teen from London who ran away to join ISIS terrorists in Syria pictured Missing Kurdish teenager Silhan Ozcelik feared to have left London to fight ... Girl, 17, leaves Islington home 'to fight Islamic State in Syria' |
The Guardian | US air strikes in Syria driving anti-Assad groups to support Isis The Guardian These and other Syrian fighters told the Guardian in interviews by phone and Skype that the US campaign is turning the attitudes of Syrian opposition groups and fighters in favour of Isis. Omar Waleed, an FSA fighter in Hama, north of Damascus, said ... Syria crisis: US air strikes driving Syrian rebels and civilians into arms of Isis What It's Like to Teach in Syria Under ISIS Rule Inside The Advocacy Group That Keeps Track Of Syria's War Casualties |
Telegraph.co.uk | Syrian Christians: 'Help us to stay - stop arming terrorists' Telegraph.co.uk After all, in Syria - and on this frontline - the "moderates" continue to work in alliance with Nusra. And the conquest of other Christian villages by the opposition has shown that more moderate factions frequently do little to stop the jihadists ... |
Reuters | US-led strikes have killed 910 people in Syria: monitor Reuters The majority of the deaths, 785, were Islamic State fighters according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Islamic State, a hard-line offshoot of al Qaeda, has seized land in Syria and neighboring Iraq, where it has also been ... |
BBC News | Two Britons 'killed in Islamic State fighting' in Syria BBC News Two British men have reportedly been killed while fighting alongside Islamic State militants in Syria. The men - known as Abu Abdullah al-Habashi, 21, and Abu Dharda, 20 - were from London. IS sources and social media accounts associated with the group ... Reports: Two British Jihadists Killed In Syria Two British citizens 'killed fighting for Islamic State in Syria' Two British men from London 'killed fighting for Isis in Syria' |