Dallas Morning News | Qaeda Militants Seek Syria Base, US Officials Say New York Times “We are concerned about the use of Syrian territory by the Al Qaeda organization to recruit individuals and develop the capability to be able not just to carry out attacks inside of Syria, but also to use Syria as a launching pad,” John O. Brennan, the ... Some U.S. officials fear al-Qaeda might attack West from Syria Al Qaeda militants moving from Pakistan to Syria: NYT Report: Officials fear Pakistani militants plan to train Westerners in Syria |
euronews | Arab Summit Lays Bare Serious Cracks on Syria ABC News An Arab summit that ended Wednesday exposed cracks in what was once solid Arab support for Syrian rebels, with Saudi Arabia and Qatar divided over which factions to back and Syria's neighbors increasingly expressing fatigue with the flood of refugees ... Syria: Saudi Arabia says rebels need more help in 'catastrophic' civil war Jarba: Empty Syria seat strengthens Assad Syria says won't be swayed by Arab summit |
The Guardian | The Syria conflict has lethal momentum The Guardian The downing of a Syrian plane by Turkish aircraft on Sunday is a sharp reminder that the regional spillover from Syria's civil war is not just an issue of hundreds of thousands of desperate refugees trekking to neighbouring countries. The danger of ... State of play Syria rebels gain foothold by Mediterranean Turkey vows 'any measures' against Syria threats |
RT (blog) | 'No solution for Syria without involvement of Russia and Iran' RT (blog) Western policy towards Syria is rather like Western policy toward Crimea and Ukraine at the moment – it's floundering around, talking big but really not having the will to act, political analyst Chris Bambery told RT. RT: Is pouring more arms into ... |
Yahoo News | Turkey Downs Warplane From Syria After Warning New York Times ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish fighter jets shot down a Syrian warplane on Sunday after it violated Turkish airspace, Turkey's prime minister said, part of the longstanding hostilities between the two nations over the conflict in Syria. “If you violate my ... Turkey shoots down Syrian fighter jet Turkey Vows Action to Defend Tomb in Syria From Al-Qaeda Syria condemns Turkey 'aggression' after jet downed |
Islamist rebels seize first coastal village in north Syria Reuters After months of setbacks in central Syria, Islamist rebels launched an offensive on Friday into the Latakia region, taking the border crossing and the Armenian Christian village of Kasab. Since then, Assad has sent army and militia reinforcements ... |
Washington Post | Senators unleash criticism of Obama administration over handling of war in Syria Washington Post Lawmakers unleashed a bipartisan barrage of criticism at the Obama administration Wednesday over Syria, charging that it had no strategy to reverse the course of a war that President Bashar al-Assad appears to be winning, or to stem the growing threat ... Lawmakers bash Obama administration's 'delusional' Syria policy US Official Can't Say Syria Chemical Weapons Fully Tracked Down GOP accuses administration of having no strategy in Syria |
The Times of Israel | Opposition fail to get Syria Arab League seat Aljazeera.com Nabil al-Araby, the league's general-secretary, said Syria's seat had been kept empty during the summit because "the SNC is not a government and council seats are for governments". He said this was the reason he "was against giving the SNC a seat" at ... Arabs call for Syria political solution, reject 'Jewish state' Syrian opposition fails to win country's Arab League seat Arab summit backs Syria political solution |
Haaretz | Watchdog: 49 Percent of Syrian Chemicals Removed ABC News The world's chemical weapons watchdog says more than 49 percent of the raw materials for Syria's poison gas and nerve agent program scheduled for destruction have been shipped overseas, with the rest expected to leave by the end of April. Syria Disarmers May Not Meet June Chemical Goal |
Middle East Monitor | Syrian Peace Talks Are Dead Daily Beast With peace talks all but pronounced dead and the Free Syrian Army on its heels, there can be no more illusions about reaching a negotiated political solution with Bashar al-Assad's regime under the current conditions, according to the chief negotiator ... Syria's victory in Yabrud may be game changer Brahimi: New Syria peace talks unlikely for now U.N. Syria envoy says new Geneva peace talks unlikely for now: report |