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Syrian war planes strike inside Iraq, sources say - Fox News Tue, 17 Jun 2014 02:27:53 GMT

International Business Times

Syrian war planes strike inside Iraq, sources say Fox News Syria war planes struck two separate Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) convoys near the town of Al Qaim just inside Iraq over the weekend, two well-placed senior U.S. defense officials told Fox News. The Syrian planes struck on Saturday with the ... ISIS Advance In Iraq Makes For Strange Bedfellows In SyriaInternational Business Times In countries near Syria, widespread fear about the spread of violence, extremistsPew Research Center ISIS jihadis not to be underestimated, Syrian commanders warn IraqCBC.ca Christian Science Monitor -New Yorker -The National Interest Online all 4,050 news articles »

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'Foreign Legion' in Iraq and Syria may bring jihad to West - CNN Mon, 16 Jun 2014 19:46:31 GMT

The Guardian

'Foreign Legion' in Iraq and Syria may bring jihad to West CNN (CNN) -- Abu Usama appears to be in his late 20s. With a neat ginger beard and a rifle slung over his shoulder, he addresses fellow Muslims back in Germany from his new home in northern Syria. In a 9-minute video released by the Islamic State of Iraq ... Who are Isis? A terror group too extreme even for al-QaidaThe Guardian all 77 news articles »

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Syria conflict: The suffering civilians of west Aleppo - BBC News Mon, 16 Jun 2014 12:37:47 GMT

BBC News

Syria conflict: The suffering civilians of west Aleppo BBC News Divided between government and rebel halves for nearly two years, the historical Syrian city of Aleppo has suffered devastation on a massive scale. As the first Western journalist to reach the government-held part by road from Damascus, the BBC's ... Barrel bomb attacks in Syria's Aleppo kill 25 - monitoring groupReuters 30 dead in Syria barrel bomb attacks3News NZ 31 dead in Syria barrel bomb attacks in AleppoThe Daily Star Press TV -CTV News all 166 news articles »

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Syria's Neighbors Want Assad to Step Down, But No Appetite for Aid to Rebels - The Pew Global Attitudes Project Mon, 16 Jun 2014 20:26:17 GMT

Syria's Neighbors Want Assad to Step Down, But No Appetite for Aid to Rebels The Pew Global Attitudes Project Few Want to Aid Syrian Rebels Despite Regional Desire for Assad to Go After three years of civil war, Syria's neighbors fear that al Qaeda or other extremist groups could take control of that war-torn land, according to a new survey by the Pew Research ... and more »

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Recovering from ruin in Homs, Syria - CBS News Mon, 16 Jun 2014 23:21:55 GMT

Yahoo News

Recovering from ruin in Homs, Syria CBS News HOMS, Syria - It's hard to believe that this was home to thousands of families, but in 2011 anti-regime fighters - followed by Islamic militants - dug in to the neighborhood, and took on the Syrian military. From the Syrian army position overlooking ... Homs detainees sent to Syria army: governorYahoo News all 8 news articles »

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Sunni militants capture Iraqi city near Syria - New Haven Register Mon, 16 Jun 2014 20:01:42 GMT

Sunni militants capture Iraqi city near Syria New Haven Register Iraqi army soldiers stand guard at Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 16, 2014. Sunni militants captured a key northern Iraqi town along the highway to Syria early on Monday, compounding the woes of Iraq's Shiite-led government a week after ...

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Why the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has many names - Los Angeles Times Mon, 16 Jun 2014 03:22:42 GMT

Why the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has many names Los Angeles Times This image posted on a militant news Twitter account on June 12 shows people raising the flag of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria at an army base in Iraq's Nineveh province. (Albaraka News). Lauren Raab contact the reporter · LevantIraqIslamic State ...

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How ISIS is exploiting the economics of Syria's civil war - Vox Thu, 12 Jun 2014 14:31:44 GMT

USA TODAY

How ISIS is exploiting the economics of Syria's civil war Vox But there may be another major factor here: the economics of Syria's civil war, which ISIS appears to have actively and adroitly exploited in ways that have helped along its rise. The New York Times' Thanassis Cambanis profiled ISIS's surprisingly ... Key to Iraq may rest with Syria: ColumnUSA TODAY In One Map, The Dramatic Rise Of ISIS In Iraq And SyriaNPR (blog) The Iraq-ISIS Conflict in Maps, Photos and VideoNew York Times Financial Times -Jerusalem Post -The Guardian all 9,645 news articles »

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'The Consequences of Syria' - The Weekly Standard (blog) Mon, 16 Jun 2014 20:06:17 GMT

RT

'The Consequences of Syria' The Weekly Standard (blog) Since August 2011 when he demanded that Bashar al-Assad step aside, the president of the United States has refused to make good on his own professed policy of regime change in Syria. Barack Obama has ignored both domestic critics of his position on ... Blair: Iraq invasion not to blame for rising extremism – Syrian war isRT Assad's enemies in Syria, whom Tony Blair's bombing of Damascus would have ...Belfast Telegraph Tony Blair: Iraq crisis a result of failure to intervene in SyriaITV News Daily Mail -Channel 4 News -Huffington Post UK all 351 news articles »

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Syria Border Town Residents Returning After Army Ousts Rebels - Voice of America Mon, 16 Jun 2014 17:38:42 GMT

Voice of America

Syria Border Town Residents Returning After Army Ousts Rebels Voice of America KASAB, SYRIA — Residents of the Armenian Christian village of Kasab on Syria's border with Turkey began returning home on Monday, dancing, cheering and waving flags in the main square a day after the army retook the area from rebels. The fall of Kasab ... Residents of Syria town returning homePress TV Syrian government retakes border town in Assad coastal heartlandReuters Syria Army Crushes Rebel Advance in Assad's Home ProvinceTheBlaze.com all 156 news articles »