New York Times | On Tour of Mideast, Kerry Says Iran Might Play Role in Syria Peace Talks New York Times Mr. Kerry said there would be limits on Iran's involvement unless it accepted that the purpose of the conference should be to work out arrangements for governing Syria if opponents of President Bashar al-Assad could persuade him to relinquish power. US: Iran can help in Geneva talks on Syria Kerry suggests Iran could play sideline role in Syrian peace talks Kerry says Iran could help on sidelines of Syrian peace talks |
CNN | Syria: Doctors hide patients as rebel infighting threatens hospital CNN A man reacts after what activists said was an air raid by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the al-Marja district of Aleppo on Monday, December 23. The United Nations estimates more than 100,000 people have been killed since the ... Continued infighting between Syria rebels Islamists exploit weak border to fight in Iraq and Syria Rebels battle al-Qaeda-affiliated fighters across northern Syria |
The Times of Israel | Fallout From Syria Conflict Takes Rising Toll on Mideast Wall Street Journal Residents and officials said U.S. weapons were pillaged from armories after fighters took control of Fallujah and skirmished with Iraqi government troops on the road to Baghdad. The spillover of violence in the region from Syria's civil war has raised ... Al-Qaeda Fallujah Attack Show Group Gaining Power Amid Syria War Kerry: Iran could help secure peace in Syria Kerry on Israel-Palestine talks, al Qaeda in Iraq and Iran's role in Syria peace |
CNN International | Suspected militant returning from war in Syria arrested in Spain CNN International Madrid, Spain (CNN) -- A suspected Islamic militant returning to Europe from the war in Syria was arrested on Sunday at Malaga airport in southern Spain as a potential "threat to national security," the Interior Ministry said in a statement. The ... Spain detains veteran of al-Qaida-linked group in Syria |
Syrian civil war bleeds into Beirut, as terror groups clash Fox News HAIFA, Israel – Syria's bloody civil war has spread to the streets of Beirut, where it threatens to destroy the hard-fought progress Lebanon's capital has made in coming back from its own civil war that lasted from 1975-1990. The country that has risen ... |
Aljazeera.com | Threats target Lebanese anti-Syria figures Aljazeera.com Several prominent Lebanese politicians and media figures opposed to Syria's regime and its ally Hezbollah have been threatened, according to the official National News Agency (NNA). The agency said Sethrida Geagea, a Christian member of parliament, ... Lebanese anti-Syria figures threatened Agency: Lebanese anti-Syria figures threatened |
BBC News | Al-Qaeda-linked Isis under attack in northern Syria BBC News A powerful al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria has issued an ultimatum to other rebel factions that have been fighting it. The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isis) threatened to leave the city of Aleppo to government forces unless its rivals stop their ... |
ABC News (blog) | A Look at the Massive Ship Will Destroy Syria's Chemical Weapons ABC News (blog) To neutralize the most dangerous chemicals stockpiled by Syria in a weapons program that brought global attention to a violent civil war, the international community will rely on a massive ship currently docked in Portsmouth, Va.: the MV (motor vessel ... US Military Ship Readied for Mission to Destroy Syria's Chemical Weapons Ship readied in Virginia for Syria chemical weapons disposal Weather, time key challenges in first chemical destruction at sea off Syria |
Syrian rebels want foreign fighters gone CNN (CNN) -- The opposition Free Syrian Army is turning against foreign fighters in Syria's civil war, arresting some 200 outsiders with ties to al-Qaeda groups. The FSA had given members of the al-Qaeda-backed Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, or ISIS, ... |
The Daily Star | Kidnapped Turkish Journalist Freed in Syria ABC News Turkey's state-run news agency says a Turkish photographer who had been kidnapped in Syria has been freed. The Anadolu Agency said Sunday that 43-year-old photographer Bunyamin Aygun has been handed over to a team of Turkish intelligence ... Turkish journalist freed after kidnap ordeal in Syria |