Aljazeera.com | Israel fires artillery into Syria after blast Aljazeera.com Israel's military has used artillery against an army base in Syria hours after a roadside bomb wounded four of its soldiers patrolling the occupied Golan Heights. Al Jazeera's Kimberly Halkett, reporting from Jerusalem, said Israel carried out the ... Explosion near Syria border wounds four Israeli soldiers Bomb injures Israeli soldiers along border with Syria Israel strikes Syria after troops injured by Golan bomb |
BBC News | UN: Syria war crimes proof enough to indict Aljazeera.com United Nations human rights investigators have added to their list of suspected war criminals from both sides of the Syrian conflict and the evidence was solid enough to prepare any indictment after a new round of atrocities in recent weeks. The UN ... Syria conflict: UN reports mass executions by ISIS War crimes evidence in Syria solid enough for indictment: UN Both Sides in Syria Are Targeting Civilians, UN Report Says |
Aljazeera.com | US suspends diplomatic relations with Syria Aljazeera.com The United States has officially told the Syrian government to immediately suspend its diplomatic and consular missions in the country, and ordered its diplomats to leave the country if they are not US citizens. "We have determined it is unacceptable ... US Orders Syrian Embassy and Consulates to Suspend Operations US orders Syria to close embassy in Washington Statement by Special Envoy for Syria Daniel Rubinstein |
Aljazeera.com | US man arrested 'on way to fight in Syria' Aljazeera.com ISIL has attracted many foreign fighters to its ranks [Reuters]. A US man who prosecutors say was on his way to Syria to join an al-Qaeda splinter group has been arrested near the US-Canada border in Washington state on a "terrorism" charge, officials ... California man arrested for trying to join extremists in Syria Man Charged in Syria Plot Returning to California Nicholas Teausant's Mother: 'He's Not A Terrorist.' |
Three Years of Strife and Cruelty Puts Syria in Free Fall New York Times BEIRUT — Day after day, the Syrian civil war has ground down a cultural and political center of the Middle East, turning it into a stage for disaster and cruelty on a nearly incomprehensible scale. Families are brutalized by their government and by ... Syria's reality: 150000 corpses, skeletal children and nine million displaced Syria in dire straits The Devastating Crisis In Syria In One Sentence About New York City |
Sydney Morning Herald | Caner Temel killed in Syria revealed as former Australian soldier Sydney Morning Herald A young Sydney man who was killed in January while fighting with extremist organisations in Syria was an Australian soldier who went absent without leave more than three years ago. Caner Temel, 22, from Auburn, was a member of the group Islamic State ... Ex-soldier's Syria war mission a concern Rogue Digger killed fighting in Syria Australian soldier killed in Syria: report |
Mirror.co.uk | Three Years of Strife and Cruelty Put Syria in Free Fall New York Times BEIRUT — Day after day, the Syrian civil war has ground down a cultural and political center of the Middle East, turning it into a stage for disaster and cruelty on a nearly incomprehensible scale. Families are brutalized by their government and by ... What now for Syria? Much to do about Syria Former US Ambassador to Syria: America alone cannot solve the Syrian crisis |
BBC News | Lebanon Sends Army to Syria Border as Rebels Flee ABC News The Lebanese army sent commandos to the tense border area with Syria on Monday, bracing for another spillover of the conflict next door as Syrian rebels continued to flee into Lebanon after the fall of their stronghold to President Bashar Assad's forces. Syria 'recaptures rebel border town Yabroud' Assad makes gains on third anniversary of Syria's civil war Syria claims to have captured rebel stronghold on Lebanese border |
RT (blog) | Tomb of Sulaiman Shah: Will Turkey now invade Syria? RT (blog) As a direct neighbor, Turkey has taken in many Syrian refugees as well – according to the UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency; more than 600,000 Syrians are at present registered on Turkish soil. Since the beginning of this year more than 20,000 ... Turkey's Hypocritical Threat against Syria over Ancient Grave Turkey mobilizes troops near border with Syria |
Washington Post (blog) | Syria has set up a space agency Washington Post (blog) The Syrian news agency announced Tuesday that the cabinet approved a bill creating the Syrian Space Agency, "a public body of a scientific research nature." From our Beirut bureau chief: The Syrian government has set up a space agency. Seriously. |