BBC News | Syria Speeds Its Deliveries Of Chemicals For Disposal New York Times GENEVA — The Syrian government, which missed its original Dec. 31 deadline for shipping its most toxic chemical weapons overseas for destruction, has sped up deliveries recently and has proposed finishing the job by the end of April, the international ... Syria submits new plan to ship chemicals arms by April Syria has relinquished about a third of its chemical weapons: OPCW Syria submits revised plan for removing chemicals |
euronews | Syrian Army Advancing on Rebel Town Near Lebanon ABC News Syrian government troops are tightening their grip on the last rebel stronghold near the border with Lebanon a day after taking control of a key village in the area, a field commander told reporters on Tuesday. Forces loyal to President Bashar Assad ... Syria: President al-Assad's forces focus efforts on strategic town near Lebanon Powers to give Lebanon military, economic boost against Syria spillover Rebels lose ground in Syria |
NBC Southern California | Los Angeles gangbangers surface in Syria to join Assad forces in fighting Fox News Two members of notorious Los Angeles street gangs have apparently made a global trek -- from the crowded streets of LA to the barren battlefields of Syria -- to fight alongside forces loyal to President Bashar Assad. The men -- who identify themselves ... Video: LA Gang Members Claim to Fight in Syria War SEE IT: 'We're in Syria, homie!' Are two LA gangbangers fighting FOR Assad ... Two LA gang members are apparently fighting for Syria's Assad |
The Daily Star | Pro-Hezbollah Song Opens Musical Front in Civil War Over Syria New York Times It all started when Mr. Barakat, a 33-year-old supporter of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, posted online a rousing new anthem of his, calling on the group to defeat its rebel foes in a battle near the Lebanese border in a Syrian town called ... 'Hezbollah denies claims Israel attacked arms shipment from Syria' Car bomb provider killed in Yabroud, Syria Commentary: Lebanon's fate lies in Syria's future |
Yahoo News | Clashes in Syria's Yarmouk halt aid delivery Aljazeera.com The clashes, which erupted on Sunday afternoon and lasted until Monday, were the most serious violence in weeks in the Syrian capital's Palestinian-dominated district of Yarmouk and undermined a tentative truce struck there in early January, Reuters ... New violence shatters truce in Syria's Yarmuk New clashes in blockaded area of Syrian capital halt aid to thousands, UN and ... Clashes shatter week-old truce in Syria's Yarmouk |
LA 'gangsters' fight in Syria The Age Two men claiming to be Los Angeles gang members boast about fighting for President Bashar al-Assad in Syria. 04/03/14. LA gang members fighting for Syria's Assad. Ellen's selfie a marketing stunt (Video Thumbnail). Up next... Ellen selfie a marketing ... |
What is the best way forward for Syria? Aljazeera.com The Syrian conflict has gone on for nearly three years, and appears to show no sign of ending anytime soon. Families have been torn apart, entire communities have been ruined and schools and hospitals destroyed. The Western backed Syrian National ... Syria tormented |
Public Radio International | This is how Ukraine could end up derailing any progress in Syria Public Radio International Washington wants to finish the task of eliminating the Syrian government's stockpile of chemical weapons, and to finally set in motion a process of political transition to some kind of post-Assad future for the country. Yet the Obama administration ... US Ambassador Ford on what's gone wrong in Syria and where it's headed Syrians holding portraits of President Bashar al-Assad demonstrate in ... Israel has undercover fighters in Syria: Assad advisor |
Syria: Army Advancing on Rebel Town Near Lebanon ABC News It cites a field commander in the mountainous Qalamoun region along Syria's border with Lebanon who says President Bashar Assad's forces captured several hills and strategic positions on the town's outskirts. Backed by Lebanese Hezbollah fighters ... |
CNN | Islamists in Syrian city offer Christians safety -- at a heavy price CNN (CNN) -- Islamist militants have told Christians in a northern Syrian city that they will guarantee their safety. But there's a catch. Make that a lot of catches. Christian residents of Raqqa, once one of the nation's most liberal cities, will have to ... Al-Qaeda Rebels in Syria Tell Christians to Pay Up or Die Syria's Christians face new threat -- "convert, submit to Islam or face sword" Militant Islamist group in Syria orders Christians to pay protection tax |