The Guardian | Suspect in Jewish Museum Killings Went to Syria TIME Fears have been mounting in European countries that the hundreds of European radicals who are joining the fight in Syria against President Bashar Assad could stage attacks when they get home. Police in the southeastern French city of Marseille arrested ... Brussels shooting raises fears over European fighters returning from Syria Suspect in Jewish museum killings claimed responsibility in video Europe's Syria-Trained Jihadist |
Aljazeera.com | Once on the edge of defeat, Syria's Assad runs again for president Reuters His government had lost big chunks of Syria's territory and a string of strategic towns, and a small number of loyal and tested army units were rotating around the country in an exhausting attempt to hold back rebel advances on many fronts. Not any longer. Re-electing Assad will not save Syria Commander's death in Syria points to Iranian role in civil war Meet the US-educated businessman running against Assad in Syria's elections |
Fox News | State Department confirms American suicide bomber in Syria Fox News The State Department confirmed Friday that an American man named Moner Mohammad Abu-Salha launched a suicide bombing against Syrian government troops Sunday, an attack believed to be linked to an Al Qaeda-backed militant group. Spokeswoman ... US: Jihadi featured in suicide bombing video in Syria grew up in Florida The moment cat-loving American suicide bomber loaded truck with explosives ... American who killed himself in Syria suicide attack was from South Florida |
Wall Street Journal | Suicide bomber grew up in Vero Beach MiamiHerald.com VERO BEACH -- The South Florida jihadist identified this week as the first American suicide bomber in Syria grew up in an all-American neighborhood where residents said they were acquainted with the young man and his family, but few knew them closely. From Florida Boy to Alleged Suicide Bomber in Syria Exclusive: Syria bomber was Florida-born, raised in middle-class family Syria Suicide Bomber From Vero Beach |
Syria's rocky road to a free press Los Angeles Times Like many young Syrians, Halabi, 20, began his foray into journalism in 2011, recording short clips of early antigovernment protests on his cellphone and posting them online. He was a high school senior, but he dropped out when the opposition fought ... |
Foreign Jihadis Fighting in Syria Pose Risk in West New York Times LONDON — Two years ago, a young man who now calls himself Abu Muhajir slipped into Syria with a few friends and $80,000, forsaking what he said was a job as a high school science teacher in North America to wage jihad. In a conversation conducted by ... |
Chris Wallace: Hillary Clinton defended Syria's Assad as a 'possible reformer' PolitiFact Clinton talked about the developments Syria on CBS' Face the Nation on March 27, 2011. Host Bob Schieffer pressed her on why the U.S. reaction would be different from its response to Libya with air strikes. Syria, Schieffer noted, is no friend of the U ... |
Washington Post | Amid war, Syria prepares for an election Assad is sure to win Washington Post DAMASCUS, Syria — Shoppers milled under a huge poster of the president in the Syrian capital's ancient central market, its bustling streets newly crisscrossed with miniature flags ahead of an election. A few yards away in the majestic central Umayyad ... An Assad election win will bolster Syria's status quo Virginia state Senator Richard Black praises Syrias Bashar Assad Syrian expats in Lebanon flock to vote for Assad |
Before Syrian Suicide Blast, a Quiet Life in the Suburbs New York Times VERO BEACH, Fla. — An American suicide bomber who a militant group said detonated 16 tons of explosives at a mountaintop restaurant in Syria last week was remembered in the suburban Florida subdivision where he grew up for a single thing: his love of ... |
BBC News | Iran Holds Ceremony for Commander Killed in Syria ABC News Authorities held a commemoration Sunday for a commander of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards who was killed in Syria, the Islamic Republic's state news agency reported. The death of Gen. Abdollah Eskandari underscores Iran's high-level, hands-on ... 'Almost 2000' killed by Syria barrel bombs in 2014 Syria barrel bomb toll 'nears 2000' this year Syria tunnel bombing kills 20 soldiers |