Fox News | Obama approves US airstrikes in Syria, vows to target ISIS 'wherever they exist' Fox News President Obama on Wednesday ordered a sharp escalation of the U.S. military campaign against the Islamic State, authorizing U.S. airstrikes in Syria along with expanded airstrikes in Iraq as he vowed to wipe out the group's terrorists “wherever they ... Obama authorises air strikes against Isis militants in Syria Obama prepared to order airstrikes in Syria against ISIL Here's how the US military could carry out strikes in Syria |
Telegraph.co.uk | Chlorine Used As Weapon In Syria War, Group Says New York Times GENEVA — A toxic chemical, probably chlorine, was used as a weapon to attack Syrian villages in April, an international watchdog agency confirmed on Wednesday. The conclusion, based on months of investigation by a fact-finding team, appeared to ... Syria chemical weapons: watchdog confirms Telegraph analysis of chlorine gas ... Syria crisis: Chlorine gas used in attacks, says OPCW Chemical Weapons Watchdog Finds Evidence of Chlorine Gas Attacks in Syria |
BBC News | Syria conflict: Blast kills leader of Ahrar al-Sham rebels BBC News The leader of one of the biggest Islamist rebel groups in Syria has been killed by an explosion in the north-western province of Idlib. Ahrar al-Sham said Hassan Abboud was among a number of senior figures who died in the blast at the group's ... Syria's Evolving Salafists Suffer a Crippling Blow Leader of one of Syria's largest rebel groups reportedly killed in bombing Blast Decimates Leadership of Syrian Rebel Group |
Obama ready to strike at Islamic State militants in Syria, he tells policy experts Washington Post President Obama is prepared to use U.S. military airstrikes in Syria as part of an expanded campaign to defeat the Islamic State and does not believe he needs formal congressional approval to take that action, according to people who have spoken with ... |
National Post | Obama to extend air strikes to Syria and arm Syrian rebels in expanded war to ... National Post WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plans to outline in an address to Americans an expanded military and political effort to combat Islamic militants in Syria and Iraq, and urge Congress to quickly give him authority to arm Syrian opposition forces. |
BBC News | Syria conflict: Fiji's mixed messages over UN peacekeepers BBC News Fiji's military says 45 UN peacekeepers captured in Syria's Golan Heights in August will be released this week "without preconditions". The troops were seized by rebels from the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front. Brig Gen Mosese Tikoitoga said that ... Confusion over fate of Fijian UN peacekeepers held by Syria rebels Fiji May Have Jumped Gun on Fate of Its UN Troops Fiji says Syria insurgents to release peacekeepers |
Fox News | Syria strategy 2.0: Obama to hit reset to counter growing ISIS threat Fox News One year to the day since addressing the American people about possible strikes against the Assad regime in Syria over its chemical weapons attack, President Obama is coming back to the American people with a drastically different -- and strategically ... |
How the US is falling short as Syria's humanitarian crisis rages Washington Post (blog) While the Obama administration struggles to decide on military intervention against the Islamic State in Syria, it is also running the risk of ignoring the humanitarian crisis in the country. On Tuesday, an Oxfam Briefing Paper accused the ... |
NBCNews.com | Meet the Kurdish Women Fighting ISIS in Syria NBCNews.com In the dry and desolate land along Syria's northeastern border, thousands of young Kurdish women have taken up arms to protect their people against attacks from Bashar Assad's government, ISIS militants and the al Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front. Some 7 ... |
The Guardian | Obama announces expanded air strikes against Isis in Iraq and Syria – speech ... The Guardian President Obama authorized air strikes in Syria, but will not work with the Assad regime, saying “I will not hesitate to take action against Isil in Syria, as well as Iraq.” Officials said he will not tolerate any “safe havens”, regardless of a border ... Obama: US to expand Islamic State strikes to Syria Obama outlines ISIS strategy: Airstrikes in Syria, more U.S. troops |