Months of bombings leave Syria's Aleppo in ruins USA TODAY ALEPPO, Syria — Standing amid dust and rubble, Abu Ahmad remembers better times in Hanano, a neighborhood in east Aleppo. "I still miss the old men there, sitting on the streets, inviting strangers to have tea with them," said the 28-year-old former ... |
BBC News | Syria's war The Economist “GOOD morning!” beamed the presenter on Syrian television. “The morning of democracy!” replied a jovial correspondent at a polling station, as Bashar Assad, Syria's president, went to the ballot box on June 3rd. Winning a third seven-year term with 89 ... Syria conflict: Amnesty says ISIS killed seven children in north ISIS Reportedly Executed Children As Young as One in Syria Children among 15 civilians summarily killed in northern Syria |
RT (blog) | Why Syria's people want Assad RT (blog) Since the start of the armed conflict in Syria in 2011, voices from Western and Gulf capitals have maintained a common narrative: that the Assad regime lacks popular legitimacy and stays in power by systematically killing its own people. The sweeping ... How Hezbollah Is Changing the War in Syria - and Vice Versa Hezbollah Chief Hails Assad Win in Syria Election Nasrallah: Assad must be part of any future peace accord in Syria |
NPR (blog) | Victory in Syrian Election Is Show of Assad's Control New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon — President Bashar al-Assad of Syria on Wednesday celebrated his overwhelming victory in a deeply disputed election, asserting his confidence and defiance in the Syrian conflict as supporters savored his success in thwarting the United ... Syrian President al-Assad re-elected easily, state media reports Syrian election sends powerful signal of Assad's control Ex-Ambassador To Syria: Civil War Could Drag On For Years |
The Economist (blog) | The Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria The Economist (blog) FOUR masked men raided Fateh Rahmoun's house in Ras al-Hussein, a village in Syria's north-western province of Idleb. Heavily-armed and wearing belts of explosives, one shot the 13-year-old boy who opened the door while the others stormed into the ... |
Assad's Soft-Focus Vision for Syria, as Seen on YouTube New York Times As unexpected as it might have seemed three summers ago, when hundreds of thousands of Syrians jammed the streets demanding that President Bashar al-Assad just “leave,” his landslide re-election, confirmed shortly after polls closed on Wednesday, ... |
The Guardian | Hillary Clinton wanted to arm Syrian rebels, memoir reveals The Guardian Hillary Clinton favoured arming Syria's rebels early in the country's civil war but was overruled by Barack Obama, the former secretary of state said in her new memoir, according to CBS News. Clinton's long-awaited book Hard Choices – seen as the ... In Memoir, Hillary Clinton Discusses Russia, Syria and Iraq Clinton Distances Herself From Obama On Syria Clinton wanted to arm Syria's rebels |
Syrian jihadists using Twitter to recruit foreign fighters CNN International Gaziantep, Turkey (CNN) -- It starts with a tweet. The recruit has been slowly and carefully chosen from his local community -- perhaps at a mosque, or gym, or cafe -- by an al Qaeda recruiter, aiming to send a Westerner to fight alongside radicals in ... |
Iran claims victory with Assad's anticipated win in Syrian election Washington Post BEIRUT — As Syrians went to the polls Tuesday, President Bashar al-Assad's chief ally, Iran, was trumpeting his anticipated reelection as a defeat for the United States. Top Iranian officials in recent days have issued a flurry of declarations ... |
After Guantanamo, Freed Detainees Returned to Violence in Syria Battlefields Wall Street Journal A decade ago, the U.S. released three Moroccan militants from Guantanamo, turning them over to Morocco's government. They wound up leading one of the most violent Islamist groups in Syria's civil war. WSJ's Maria Abi-Habib shares exclusive details. |