Wall Street Journal | For Two Years, He Smuggled Photos Of Torture Victims Out Of Syria NPR Warning: This report contains descriptions and an image that could disturb some readers. The savage and protracted conflict in Syria has left more than 170,000 dead. Now, there are allegations of torture and killing of political prisoners opposed to ... In DC, Syrian defector displays photos of mutilated bodies |
The Guardian | Arrest warrants issued for Australians suspected of fighting in Syria The Guardian A Twitter account linked to al-Qaida offshoot Islamic State last week published grisly pictures of the beheaded corpses and heads of five soldiers killed in Syria's Raqqa province, saying the soldiers were from Syria's 17th division. Sharrouf and ... Australia issues arrest warrants over Syria severed head photos Australian police issue arrest warrants for citizens fighting in Syria Australia Issues Arrest Warrants for Two Citizens Fighting in Syria |
Fox News | Obama administration's focus on Syria in doubt as death toll soars Fox News WASHINGTON – The rise of ISIS militants in Syria and Iraq, and the unwillingness of Americans to see their military involved in another foreign conflict, appear to have cooled President Obama's once-strident rhetoric demanding Syrian President Bashar ... |
CNN | Militants in Syria put victims' heads on poles; hundreds killed daily CNN (CNN) -- In some of the most gruesome images yet to emerge from the latest mass violence in Syria, videos show militants raising their victims' severed heads on poles. The amateur videos emerged as a Syrian human rights group reported 1,600 deaths in ... 2500 people killed in Syria during Ramadan Islamic State offering HONEYMOON bus tours across Syria and Iraq after ... Overblown Fears of Foreign Fighters |
Newsweek | Christians Flee Syria as Religious Persecution Displaces Millions in 2013 Newsweek It said hundreds of thousands of Christians had fled three years of civil war in Syria and in the Central African Republic, lawlessness and sectarian violence between Christians and Muslims had reportedly resulted in 700 deaths in December alone and ... Sectarian conflict emptying Syria of Christians Syrian Christian Persecution: Largest Displacement of Religious Communities in ... |
National Post | Jihadi's return to Syria 'a great deal of surprise to all of us': Windsor mosque National Post The president of a southern Ontario mosque described Monday how the community had attempted to dissuade a young Canadian from rejoining the conflict in Syria after he returned home with a combat injury. Despite the effort, Ahmed Wassim of Windsor, ... |
Fox News | Al Qaeda-linked Syria fighters release video purporting to show American ... Fox News BEIRUT – An Al Qaeda-linked group fighting in Syria has released video of the first American to carry out a suicide attack in the country's civil war, showing him smiling and saying he looked forward to going to heaven. The Nusra Front released the new ... |
Sydney Morning Herald | ISIL releases footage of decapitated Syrian soldiers Sydney Morning Herald According the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, ISIL attacked the base on Friday, leaving more than 85 bodies scattered around the site. At least 50 soldiers of the Syrian army's 17th division, including a colonel, were killed. A further 200 ... US Finally Helps Rebels in Syria ISIL launches first direct attacks on Syrian forces |
The Guardian | Children of Syria review – 'I hate the future so much' The Guardian Not a bit of it. This simply further rams home the terrible, terrible sadness of children caught up in conflict. A "war on childhood", Lyse Doucet, the BBC's chief international correspondent, calls the war in Syria, though she might easily be talking ... Children of Syria: 7 saddest statements from tonight's documentary Children of Syria, review: "bleak yet vital" Children of Syria, BBC2 - TV review: A frontline dispatch reveals why the ... |
The Independent | Syria conflict: Syrian and Turkish Kurds unite to battle Isis threat - 'We ... The Independent Their purpose is to alert Syrian Kurdish forces of Isis activity below and to protect Turkish Kurds from the invasion they fear could be imminent. The line between Syria and Turkey is blurring as the Kurds rise together to defend the Syrian Kurds ... July 29th, 2014 · 2 min read Syria: The Executive Summary, 7/29 |