USA TODAY | Syria airstrikes need boots on the ground, AF officer says USA TODAY WASHINGTON — U.S. special operations forces will be needed on the ground in Syria to make the expanded air war President Obama has ordered there more effective, a senior Air Force commander told USA TODAY. The spy planes flying missions over ... Syria warns against foreign intervention America's European Allies Wary About Airstrikes in Syria Obama ISIS Speech Reaction: Germany, Turkey Won't Join Airstrikes In Syria ... |
The Guardian | Militant group releases UN peacekeepers held hostage in Syria The Guardian "I would like to assure you that we have not been harmed in any way," he said. Jabhat al-Nusra had originally demanded various terms for the release of the peacekeepers, including the delivery of aid to areas besieged by the Syrian government, the ... UN: 45 Fijian Peacekeepers Freed in Syria Qaeda Group Has Released 45 Members of UN Force Islamist Rebels Release Fijian UN Peacekeepers Held in Syria |
BBC News | 'Nothing ruled out' over Syria - Number 10 BBC News Number 10 has insisted possible military action against Islamic State (IS) in Syria has not been ruled out. Earlier Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said MPs had voted last year against air strikes there and that decision would not be revisited. Number ... Battling ISIS: Germany, Britain Say They Won't Launch Airstrikes on Syria David Cameron overrules Philip Hammond on air strikes in Syria Cameron's Office Overrules UK Minister on Syria |
NBCNews.com | Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister: We're 'Fighting the Same Enemy' NBCNews.com DAMASCUS — Syria has “no reservations” about U.S. airstrikes against ISIS and wants to team up with Washington to tackle the militants, the country's deputy foreign minister told NBC News. Faisal Mekdad called Syria's President Bashar al-Assad “a ... Syria Tells U.S. to Come Bomb ISIS US stance toward Syria "detached from reality": Syrian official US stance toward Syria 'detached from reality': Official |
BBC News | Russia warns US against strikes on Islamic State in Syria BBC News Russia has warned that US air strikes against militants in Syria would be a "gross violation" of international law. A Russian foreign ministry spokesman said any such action, without the backing of the UN, would be "an act of aggression". It comes as ... |
The Daily Star | New UN Envoy to Syria Presses for More Truces Wall Street Journal President Bashar al-Assad met Thursday with the new United Nations special envoy to Syria, who is trying to use the threat posed by Islamic State extremists to pressure the regime and rebels to expand tentative truces. Senior U.N. officials based in ... Syria, Iran, Russia slam Obama's strategy New UN envoy for Syria meets President, senior ministers in Damascus Syria and its people wish success to new UN special envoy World September 11 ... |
Ya Libnan | Russia Says US Strikes in Syria Would Violate International Law Wall Street Journal Russia's Foreign Ministry warned Thursday that any unilateral U.S. airstrikes on Islamist forces in Syria would be a crude violation of international law. "In the absence of an appropriate decision of the U.N. Security Council, such a step would become ... Russia says air strikes in Syria would be act of aggression without UN vote Russia warns US over potential Syria air strikes Russia warns:US strikes on I.S. in Syria "gross violation" of int'l law |
Here's how the US military could carry out strikes in Syria Washington Post Thirteen months ago, the United States sent Navy ships toward Syria as it prepared to launch strikes against President Bashar al-Assad's regime following its use of chemical weapons. Four destroyers carrying about three dozen Tomahawk missiles each ... |
ABC News | Syria, Iran Slam US Strategy in Fighting Militants ABC News Syrian and Iranian officials criticized the Obama administration on Thursday for excluding them from an international coalition coming together in the battle against the Islamic State group, while a state-run Syrian daily warned that unauthorized U.S ... |
CBS News | The mysterious explosion that could change the Syrian war Washington Post (blog) On Tuesday, a single event happened that could change the course of the the Syrian war. At least a dozen commanders of Ahrar al-Sham, including leader Hassan Aboud, were wiped out in an instance by what has been described as a suicide bomb during a ... Attacking Syria may entangle US in rebel rivalries Syria's battlefield balance about to shift? |