<< Back

---

Kerry faces pushback after floating role for terror sponsor Iran in Syria talks - Fox News Mon, 06 Jan 2014 23:23:17 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Kerry faces pushback after floating role for terror sponsor Iran in Syria talks Fox News ADVERTISEMENT. At the same time Secretary of State John Kerry is warning that terrorists are fueling unrest across Iraq and Syria, he is now reaching out to a country his own department for decades has singled out as one of the prime sponsors of terrorism. Iran not invited to Syria peace talksAljazeera.com Iran Left Off Invite List for Syria Peace TalksWall Street Journal UN: Iran Not yet Invited to Syria Peace TalksABC News Washington Post -Al Jazeera America -Reuters all 278 news articles »

---

Syria conflict: Rebel-on-rebel clashes spread in north - BBC News Tue, 07 Jan 2014 02:46:43 GMT

BBC News

Syria conflict: Rebel-on-rebel clashes spread in north BBC News Fighting in northern Syria between rival rebel groups has spread to the city of Raqqa, reports say. The powerful al-Qaeda-affiliated group Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) came under attack at its headquarters overnight, activists say. It is ... Rebel infighting spreads across SyriaAljazeera.com Syria power struggle: Are fortunes of the more moderate rebels rising?Christian Science Monitor Rebels battle al-Qaeda-affiliated fighters across northern SyriaWashington Post Huffington Post all 680 news articles »

---

Insight: Fuelled by Syria war, al Qaeda bursts back to life in Iraq - Reuters Mon, 06 Jan 2014 17:12:26 GMT

Washington Post

Insight: Fuelled by Syria war, al Qaeda bursts back to life in Iraq Reuters Exploiting local grievances against Baghdad's rule and buoyed by al Qaeda gains in Syria, the fighters have taken effective control of Anbar's two main cities for the first time since U.S. occupation troops defeated them in 2006-07. Their advance is ... Gangs of the Middle East: Iraq, Syria torn by fighting factionsFox News Syria's Assad: Still the wrong choiceLos Angeles Times Fallout From Syria Conflict Takes Rising Toll on MideastWall Street Journal Businessweek all 1,440 news articles »

---

Syria: Doctors hide patients as rebel infighting threatens hospital - CNN Mon, 06 Jan 2014 13:45:27 GMT

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 ... Rifts widen among Syria's Islamist oppositionAl-Monitor Syria: ISIS agrees truce, withdraws from Turkish border areasAsharq Alawsat English Al Qaida rebels leave mass grave behind as they desert base in SyriaSacramento Bee all 17 news articles »

---

Forget myths about Syria - The Australian (blog) Mon, 06 Jan 2014 13:10:27 GMT

TheChronicleHerald.ca

Forget myths about Syria The Australian (blog) CHRISTIAN Kerr's extensive personal attack on me (The Australian, January 4, "Academic with a murky past stirs fresh controversy with trip to Damascus") left no space for any actual information on my visit to Syria or on the talks our group had. He ... Syria draft law would impose visas on ArabsGlobalPost Syria to review visa exemption rule for ArabsPeninsula On-line ON TARGET: Getting a handle on Syria's complicated realityTheChronicleHerald.ca Press TV all 14 news articles »

---

On Tour of Mideast, Kerry Says Iran Might Play Role in Syria Peace Talks - New York Times Mon, 06 Jan 2014 01:56:41 GMT

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 transitional arrangements for governing Syria if opponents of President Bashar al-Assad could persuade him to ...

---

UN formally invites countries to Geneva II summit on Syria - Jerusalem Post Mon, 06 Jan 2014 19:06:09 GMT

UN formally invites countries to Geneva II summit on Syria Jerusalem Post WASHINGTON - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday formally invited nations to participate in a peace summit on Syria, set to take place in Geneva on January 22. The UN, Russia and the United States agreed upon a list of nations ...

---

Suspected militant returning from war in Syria arrested in Spain - CNN International Sun, 05 Jan 2014 16:58:10 GMT

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 ... and more »

---

Syrian schools to offer Russian as second foreign language - RT Tue, 07 Jan 2014 01:51:04 GMT

RT

Syrian schools to offer Russian as second foreign language RT Syrian government announced it will be offering Russian as a second foreign language in schools starting with the fifth grade. The new decision was posted on Syria's ministry of education website. Fifth graders will have the choice between Russian and ... Syria to Include Russian as Second Foreign LanguageCRIENGLISH.com Syrian Schools To Get a Dose of the Russian LanguageVocativ all 7 news articles »

---

Syria's rebels are fighting each other — and that's bad news for Assad - The Week Magazine Mon, 06 Jan 2014 18:37:10 GMT

Syria's rebels are fighting each other — and that's bad news for Assad The Week Magazine The united rebel groups — including the moderate Syrian Revolutionary Front, Ahrar al-Sham and the allied Islamic Front, and a new Aleppo group called the Mujahedin Army — had a productive weekend, retaking several cities and towns from ISIL.