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 ... White House's legal rationale for airstrikes in Syria comes under scrutiny Viewpoint: IS won't be destroyed without Syria change Syria warns against foreign intervention |
US Pins Hope on Syrian Rebels With Loyalties All Over the Map New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon — President Obama's determination to train Syrian rebels to serve as ground troops against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria leaves the United States dependent on a diverse group riven by infighting, with no shared leadership and ... |
The Guardian | Militant group releases UN peacekeepers held hostage in Syria The Guardian 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 release of prisoners and the group's removal from a UN terror blacklist. Islamist Rebels Release Fijian UN Peacekeepers Held in Syria UN: 45 Fijian Peacekeepers Freed in Syria Syria rebels free UN peacekeepers |
ABC News | Cobbling Coalition for Iraq, Syria No Easy Task ABC News Assembling a coalition to fight the militants from the Islamic State group is proving to be a complicated affair. France is all in, but would like to invite Iran — against the wishes of the United States. The U.S. is pressing Turkey, which has ... 10 Questions: Syria Administration Official Says Saudi Arabia Borders Syria |
Westerners fighting in Syria disillusioned with Islamic State but can't go home Washington Post LONDON — The London-accented militant who delivered blood-curdling threats to the West before apparently beheading two American journalists has become, for most Britons, the masked face of foreign fighters in Syria. But more typical, experts say, may ... |
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 ... Syria's battlefield balance about to shift? |
Fox News | Syria, Iran slam US strategy in fighting militants, while opposition welcomes ... Fox News DAMASCUS, Syria – 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 ... |
Fox News | Syria's war The Economist (blog) IT WAS early in the morning of September 11th in Damascus, the Syrian capital, when Barack Obama broadcast an important speech from Washington. Forty-nine years to the day after Bashar Assad was born, the ruler of Syria was to hear the American ... Analysis: US airstrikes in Syria is an unsettling prospect for leadership in ... Russia Scolds the US Over Syria Here's how the US military could carry out strikes in Syria |
Middle East Eye | Civilians and Islamic State ship out of Raqqa ahead of Syria airstrikes Middle East Eye Huge numbers of people have continued fleeing areas of Syria controlled by militants from the self-styled Islamic State (IS), in advance of planned US-led airstrikes on IS strongholds. Thousands have joined a mass exodus that began on Wednesday, as US ... |
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 ... US-Backed Moderate Group In Syria Signs Truce With ISIS: Reports Obama will strike ISIS "wherever they exist," including Syria Obama: 'Systematic campaign' against ISIS |