BBC News | Syria among 'most dangerous places on Earth' for children: UNICEF Reuters The UNICEF report said 2 million children needed some form of psychological support or treatment while a total of 5.5 million children were affected by the conflict - some of them inside Syria and others living abroad as refugees. This is more than ... Syria's Children Suffering, Dying Three Years Into Conflict Syria crisis: Number of children in need doubles to 5.5 million Syria Is One of the Most Dangerous Places on Earth for Children |
BBC News | Syria bomber from Crawley was a 'hero' says family BBC News The brother of a British man who blew himself up in Syria has told Newsnight he should be regarded as a hero who combated the regime, not a terrorist. Abdul Waheed Majeed, of Crawley, died last month when he drove a truck bomb at the gates of Aleppo ... |
LA gang members in Syria: Why they fight for Assad CBS News A video featuring two members of Los Angeles-area gangs claiming to be fighting in Syria for Bashar Assad grabbed international headlines earlier this month after it was flagged by a Washington-based Middle East monitoring group. The armed men, later ... |
CNN | Reports: 13 nuns freed by kidnappers in Syria CNN (CNN) -- Thirteen nuns and three workers kidnapped in late November from a Greek Orthodox monastery in Syria were freed Sunday, a pro-Syrian government news network and Lebanese state media reported. A convoy of around 30 vehicles picked up the ... Syria says only 25 free in exchange for nuns Syria crisis: Nuns freed by rebels arrive in Damascus Nuns yet to reach Syria after reported release by rebels |
The Guardian | Syria war: new push against Assad being planned, reports suggest The Guardian After months of battlefield stalemate in Syria, a flurry of reports from Washington, Jerusalem, Amman and the Gulf suggests a major new clandestine effort is under way to open up a "southern front" against the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Central to the ... The US needs to get more aggressive on Syria Obama bankrupt on Syria As Syria war enters fourth year, regime eyes victory |
Independent Online | Al Qaeda hijacks spirit of Syria revolt three years on Reuters While neither Assad nor the rebels have the upper hand, there is a growing sense among his foreign opponents that the battle for Syria has become a twin-track operation, with defeating the jihadists as important as ousting Assad. In interviews with ... Insight - Al Qaeda hijacks spirit of Syria revolt three years on |
The Times of Israel | Israel Watches Warily as Hezbollah Gains Battle Skills in Syria New York Times “Hezbollah has 4,000 to 5,000 soldiers today in Syria,” a senior Israeli military officer told reporters at army headquarters here last week. “This is a major burden for Hezbollah but also a major advantage.” Speaking on the condition of anonymity in ... Rebels say 120 Hezbollah troops killed in key Syria battle Hezbollah Suffers Severe Losses in Syria Hezbollah suffers sharp increase in casualties in Syria fighting |
euronews | West must do better on Ukraine than it did with Syria CNN (blog) From the U.S.-Russia reset, to Syria, to Iran, there has been ample opportunity for Russian President Vladimir Putin to perceive weakness from the West. And in the absence of decisive Western leadership, the post-Soviet space and the Middle East have ... Syria's Assad expresses support for Putin on Ukraine Ukraine and Syria's Common Path to Resolution Putin on Ukraine Okay With China-Syria-Venezuela Nation Minority |
A List of Prominent People Missing in Syria ABC News With the release of 13 Greek Orthodox nuns held hostage by the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front in Syria for over three months, here's a list of some other prominent people, including clerics, journalists and activists still missing in Syria and believed in ... |
Want to adopt from Syria? Adoption agencies urge people to 'slow down' Today.com But people who work for international adoption agencies say that while they understand the very human instinct to rescue children from troubled places like Syria, adoption is not the best way to help. “When there's so much upheaval in a country, the ... |