Deadlock Remains and Aid Crisis Mounts as 2nd Round of Syria Talks Nears End New York Times The meeting's sponsors, Russia and the United States, traded barbs, and American officials said they were developing new policy options to respond to the violence and humanitarian crisis in Syria that have only escalated during the talks. The opposing ... |
BBC News | Brahimi: Syria peace talks' failure looms Aljazeera.com High-level Russian and US diplomats have promised to help keep Syria peace talks alive in Geneva as they reached a deadlock, UN mediator Lakhdar Brahimi said. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov and US Under Secretary of State Wendy ... Syria 'failure' looms, mediator seeks US, Russian help Syria conflict: 'Surge' in fighting death toll Syrian Delegates Declare Impasse in Peace Talks |
CNN | 2 Companies to Destroy Chemicals in Syria's Arsenal New York Times Two hazardous-waste disposal companies, based in the United States and Finland, have been selected to help incinerate the chemicals in Syria's weapons arsenal, the organization responsible for overseeing the destruction announced on Friday, as new ... Exclusive: Russia, NATO plan joint operation on Syria's chemical weapons OPCW: Only 11% of chemical weapons removed from Syria Nato and Russia unite to protect Syria chemicals ship |
BBC News | UN Security Council Urged to Act on Humanitarian Aid to Syria New York Times UNITED NATIONS — The hard-won humanitarian cease-fire in the Syrian city of Homs — the sole success that occurred during the peace talks in Geneva — cannot be considered “progress,” the United Nations' top official for emergency operations said ... Syria crisis: UN 'must stop flagrant violation of humanitarian law' As Syria talks deadlock, fury rises over inability to deliver aid Security Council must 'act' on Syria says UN humanitarian chief Amos |
Washington Post | Kerry Says Obama Wants New Options for Syria Strife New York Times BEIJING — Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday that President Obama had asked aides to develop new policy options to deal with the deteriorating situation in Syria. Mr. Kerry said that none of the policy options had yet been presented to the ... Kerry says Obama seeks Syria options, none presented yet Obama soliciting new policy options for Syria from top aides as peace talks ... Obama Seeks Review of Syria Options, Kerry Says |
Syria's war must end Washington Post We must work together to end this war and to protect the children of Syria. The international community has watched from the sidelines for three years as this conflict rages, engulfing all hope. As a father and grandfather, I watch the suffering of ... |
Press TV | Saudis Agree to Provide Syrian Rebels With Mobile Antiaircraft Missiles Wall Street Journal AMMAN, Jordan—Washington's Arab allies, disappointed with Syria peace talks, have agreed to provide rebels there with more sophisticated weaponry, including shoulder-fired missiles that can take down jets, according to Western and Arab diplomats and ... Report Claims Evidence of Organ Harvesting in Syria Western media waging psychological war in Syria |
BBC News | Syria uprising birthplace Yadouda hit by car bomb CBC.ca A car bomb blew up outside a mosque in a rebel-held village in southern Syria as worshippers were leaving after Friday prayers, killing dozens of people and filling clinics and hospitals with the wounded, anti-government activists said. The explosion ... Syrian Rebels Sketch Peace Plan That Omits Demand for Assad's Ouster Syria crisis: Both sides say Geneva peace talks deadlocked Syrian peace talks going nowhere; violence, military buildup resumes |
Fighting rages in Syria despite peace talks Aljazeera.com The talks have been accompanied by a sharp rise in violence on the ground in Syria. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Wednesday that at least 4,959 people had died in Syria in the three-week period since January 22, when the ... |
International Business Times UK | Escaped Inmates From Iraq Fuel Syrian Insurgency New York Times BAGHDAD — A series of daring but little noticed breakouts from Iraqi prisons has freed hundreds of hardened militants who are now among the leaders and foot soldiers of the radical Sunni groups operating in neighboring Syria and, increasingly, in Iraq ... Syria: ISIS Jihadis Strangle Girl to Death for Breaking Sharia [GRAPHIC IMAGES] |