NBCNews.com | Syria, ISIS Have Been 'Ignoring' Each Other on Battlefield, Data Suggests NBCNews.com Syria's military and ISIS may be sworn enemies but instead of wiping each other off the battlefield they have been delicately dancing around each other, according to new data exclusively obtained by NBC News. Both sides in the bloody conflict appear to ... From revolution to civil conflict: Syria's failed 'Arab Spring'? Oh, by the way, Assad and ISIS are basically coordinating in Syria now Ignoring the orphans of Syria's uprising |
Aljazeera.com | Al Jazeera correspondent dies in Syria Aljazeera.com Al Jazeera Media Network has announced the death of its Arabic correspondent in Syria, Mahran Al Deeri, while covering battles in the city of Al Sheikh Maskin in rural Daraa. According to his family members, Mahran died on Wednesday while taking cover ... Al-Jazeera Reporter Dies in Syria Road Accident Al Jazeera journalist dies in Syria Al Jazeera reporter dies in crash in Syria |
BBC News | Runa Khan jailed for Facebook Syria terror posts BBC News A mother-of-six has been jailed for five years and three months for promoting terrorism on Facebook. Runa Khan, from Luton, had previously admitted inciting terrorism in Syria. Khan, 35, of Maple Road West, had posted a picture of a suicide vest and ... Woman faces jail for Syria postings |
USA TODAY | Paychecks sweetened for Syria missions USA TODAY Missions in Syria began Sept. 21 and continue today with jets pounding tanks, trucks and barracks. The Syrian regime, headed by Bashar al-Assad, has sophisticated air defenses, according to the Pentagon, although they have not targeted American ... US to pay back pay to troops who have flown Syria air operations US air crews flying over Syria to get lump-sum back pay |
Aljazeera.com | Countries vow to double Syria refugees intake Aljazeera.com Twenty-eight countries have agreed to take in more than 100,000 refugees from Syria, doubling the number of migrants to whom they were initially offering asylum, the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, has said. Antonio Guterres, the head of the UN ... UN says rich nations pledge to take 100000 Syrian refugees Syrian war: Western countries to accept more refugees More Nations Pledge to UN to Resettle Syrian Refugees |
U.S. News & World Report | Jumblatt: No Solution in Syria With Assad in Power U.S. News & World Report 6, Jumblatt told Mikhail Bogdanov, the Russian special presidential envoy to the Middle East, the same words: “Bogdanov is looking for a political solution for the crisis in Syria, I told him I am with a political solution that preserves the ... |
Variety | Film Review: 'Queens of Syria' Variety Syrian refugees in Jordan incorporate their stories of exile while workshopping Euripides' “The Trojan Women” in Yasmin Fedda's straightforward, absorbing documentary “Queens of Syria.” For this non-professional cast, the ancient text offers ... |
Daily Mail | Two British soldiers who flew to Syria to tackle Islamic State held at Heathrow Daily Mail Two former British soldiers who flew to Syria to fight Islamic State fanatics were held at Heathrow as terror suspects after flying home for Christmas. Jamie Read, 24, and James Hughes, 26, left to help Kurdish forces battling the extremists following ... |
Reuters | Syria's southern rebels take step toward unity Reuters A short drive from Damascus, the southern front remains a risk for Assad as he shores up his control over key areas of central Syria. Insurgent groups including both mainstream rebels and Nusra have made slow but steady gains in the south against ... Syria southern rebels move toward unity Syria's southern rebels take step towards unity US downsizes rebel forces in Syria after their defeat by Al Qaida's Nusra |
War on the Rocks | The Origins of Turkey's Buffer Zone in Syria War on the Rocks Rumors are everywhere about some sort of a buffer zone inside Syria along its border with Turkey. The notion of a buffer zone has a deep history rooted in Turkey's shifting foreign policy towards Syria – from close partner to intractable enemy. In ... |