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Islamic Militants Crush Tribal Uprising in Syria - ABC News Mon, 11 Aug 2014 13:31:28 GMT

Newsweek

Islamic Militants Crush Tribal Uprising in Syria ABC News Meanwhile, at least 10 people including four children and two women were killed Monday when Syrian forces dropped explosives-filled barrels from a helicopter over the Bab Nayrab district of Aleppo in northern Syria, activists said. Many others were ... Islamic State Beheads and Crucifies in Push to Dominate Eastern SyriaNewsweek Islamic State Remains Unchallenged From Its Sanctuary in SyriaWall Street Journal all 112 news articles »

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'Barbaric' Photo Shows Australian Child Holding Severed Head in Syria - Mashable Mon, 11 Aug 2014 21:30:13 GMT

Christian Science Monitor

'Barbaric' Photo Shows Australian Child Holding Severed Head in Syria Mashable A photo which appears to show a young Australian boy in Syria holding a severed head has been labelled "barbaric" by Australia's prime minister. The disturbing image was posted on a Twitter account supposedly owned by the boy's father, Khaled Sharrouf, ... Australians aghast at boy's grisly photo from Syria. Are jihadis coming home?Christian Science Monitor A child, a severed head, and a reminder of the awfulness of Syria's civil warWashington Post (blog) Sydney man in Syria 'posts picture of son holding severed head'The Guardian BBC News -RT (blog) all 230 news articles »

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Clinton critical of Obama foreign policy, says 'failure' to act in Syria ... - Fox News Mon, 11 Aug 2014 21:53:32 GMT

Fox News

Clinton critical of Obama foreign policy, says 'failure' to act in Syria ... Fox News Hillary Clinton, the front-runner among potential 2016 Democratic presidential candidates, is sharply distancing herself from President Obama's foreign policy, particularly in Syria, as Americans appear to continue losing confidence in his handling of ... Would arming Syria's rebels have stopped the Islamic State?Washington Post (blog) Saving Syria Is No FantasyPolitico Obama Calls Syria Criticism 'Horsesh*t'Daily Beast U.S. News & World Report -TIME -The Guardian all 288 news articles »

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Exclusive: GlaxoSmithKline faces fresh drug bribery claims in Syria - Reuters Mon, 11 Aug 2014 16:49:25 GMT

Reuters

Exclusive: GlaxoSmithKline faces fresh drug bribery claims in Syria Reuters GSK - one of the few big firms still supplying drugs in Syria - said on Monday it would investigate the new claims involving its own staff and local distributors. The company added it had suspended relations with its Syrian distributors pending results ... GlaxoSmithKline faces bribery claims in SyriaBBC News all 13 news articles »

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Derbas: Lebanon could close border with Syria - The Daily Star Mon, 11 Aug 2014 08:04:48 GMT

The Daily Star

Derbas: Lebanon could close border with Syria The Daily Star He said the committee pledged to “strictly” follow up on the Syrian refugee crisis, particularly the refugees trying to return to Syria after the five-day battle between the Lebanese Army and jihadists in the northeastern border town of Arsal that ... War victims flee back to Syria as refugee camp in Lebanon is burned to the ...Daily Mail Lebanese villagers repel Islamist fighters who crossed from SyriaSydney Morning Herald Lebanese villagers repel fighters who crossed from Syria -Lebanese sourcesReuters Global Voices Online -Al-Shorfa all 84 news articles »

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Why the West intervenes in Iraq but not Syria - Haaretz Mon, 11 Aug 2014 08:01:33 GMT

Haaretz

Why the West intervenes in Iraq but not Syria Haaretz Why the West intervenes in Iraq but not Syria. Large numbers of Christians have been targeted by militants in both Iraq and Syria, but the West only seems concerned with the situation in Iraq. The war on terror lies at the heart of its choices. By Zvi ... Overwhelmed: Trying to see the big, historic picture in Iraq and SyriaGetReligion all 114 news articles »

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British fighter reportedly killed during gun fight in Syria - The Guardian Sun, 10 Aug 2014 19:10:54 GMT

The Guardian

British fighter reportedly killed during gun fight in Syria The Guardian On Sunday his father, Abdul Hannan, 52, told the Daily Mail the family received a text from a friend of Rahman in Syria who told them their son had been shot dead in a gun fight a fortnight ago. Rahman's father said his son had travelled to Syria in ... British jihadi who went to fight for ISIS after he was sacked from Primark is ...Daily Mail From Portsmouth's Primark to Syria's holy warChannel 4 News British 'Primark jihadist' from Portsmouth is killed while fighting with Isis ...The Independent RT -Daily Star -Portsmouth News all 16 news articles »

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Hillary Clinton: 'Failure' to Help Syrian Rebels Led to the Rise of ISIS - The Atlantic Mon, 11 Aug 2014 13:37:50 GMT

Hillary Clinton: 'Failure' to Help Syrian Rebels Led to the Rise of ISIS The Atlantic President Obama has long ridiculed the idea that the U.S., early in the Syrian civil war, could have shaped the forces fighting the Assad regime, thereby stopping al Qaeda-inspired groups—like the one rampaging across Syria and Iraq today—from ...

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Women stoned to death in Syria for adultery - SFGate Sun, 10 Aug 2014 15:13:01 GMT

SFGate

Women stoned to death in Syria for adultery SFGate The killings were the first of their kind in rebel-held northern Syria, where jihadis from the Islamic State group have seized large swaths of territory, terrorizing residents with their strict interpretation of Islamic law, including beheadings and ... Women stoned to death for 'adultery' in Syria as jihadi rebels impose strict ...Daily Mail Jihadists Stoned Women To Death In SyriaDaily Caller all 90 news articles »

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Australia boy 'in Syria severed head image' - BBC News Mon, 11 Aug 2014 06:44:20 GMT

BBC News

Australia boy 'in Syria severed head image' BBC News Australian PM Tony Abbott has voiced strong condemnation after an image emerged showing a boy, reportedly the son of an Australian ex-terror convict, holding a Syrian's severed head. The image was posted on the Twitter account of Khaled Sharrouf, The ...