BBC News | News of Congress's Approval of Aid to Rebels Disrupts Syria Talks New York Times GENEVA — New fireworks erupted at talks between the Syrian government and the opposition here on Tuesday, as the government sharply criticized a recent decision by the United States Congress to approve continued support for the Syrian rebels, and the ... Negotiators at Syria Peace Talks Can't Even Agree on Humanitarian Aid Brahimi: Syria Peace Talks Slow but 'Still at It' Syria peace talks struggle in Switzerland |
BBC News | Syria talks: 'Impasse' at Geneva on power transfer BBC News The Syrian peace talks in Geneva are deadlocked over the divisive issue of transferring power to a transitional government. The sides cannot agree on the future role of President Bashar al-Assad. UN mediator Lakhdar Brahimi said there "was apparently ... |
Malnourished but defiant, Syrians under siege in Homs demand end to suffering CNN (CNN) -- As nearly 600 days under siege sap the life and dignity out of the Old District in the Syrian city of Homs -- leaving malnourished men with legs like noodles and soot-stained children to dig through homes turned into rubble for bits of ... |
BBC News | UK to resettle some Syria refugees, Nick Clegg confirms BBC News Some of the "most vulnerable" Syrian refugees will be temporarily resettled in the UK, Deputy PM Nick Clegg says. He said girls and women who had been victims of or were at risk of sexual violence, torture victims, and elderly and disabled people would ... Syrian Refugees To Be Taken In By Britain Britain to take in hundreds of women and children from Syria Britain will take in 'hundreds' of vulnerable refugees from war-torn Syria ... |
Syria Talks Appear Deadlocked as Sides Disagree Over Goals New York Times GENEVA — The first face-to-face peace talks by antagonists in the Syria conflict appeared to deadlock on Monday, with enormous differences over the basic purpose of negotiations as well as a government relief gesture for civilians that the opposition ... |
TheTower.org | Evidence points to secret Israeli strike on Syrian missile launchers Fox News HAIFA, Israel – Growing evidence suggests that the Israeli Air Force carried out a secret mission in Syria Sunday night, targeting Russian-made missile launchers deployed by forces loyal to President Bashar Assad. A few minutes before midnight, a ... Israeli expert on Syria: The West and Israel are not in hurry to get rid of Assad Focus on Israeli Red Lines, Russian Arms Shipments After Mysterious Syria ... Israel Suspected in Air Strike on Syria |
The Independent | Syria conflict: Hospitals fill up with wounded soldiers as civil war drags on The Independent It is what happened then that illustrates the extent to which Syria is today saturated with violence and for those wounded in battle, the danger is not over. After three years of civil war, hatred and fear permeates Syrian life and destroys the element ... |
CNN | Syria talks: Hope for starving families in Homs? CNN Syria's government has agreed to let women and children leave the old city of Homs. And other civilians "are also welcome to leave, but the government needs a list of their names first," the U.N. envoy leading talks between Syria's warring sides said ... |
WPTV | Second Cargo of Chemical Agents Leaves Syria as Pace Is Criticized New York Times The second cargo of Syria's most toxic chemical weapons was exported by ship on Monday for eventual destruction at sea, officials overseeing the effort reported. But the slow pace of removal, which is way behind schedule and has missed one deadline ... US ship heads out to destroy Syrian chemical weapons U.S. Chemical-Destruction Ship Departs for Syria Mission Syria chemical weapons, MV Cape Ray: US ship departs on mission to destroy ... |