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Syrian Bombs Hit ISIS-Held Territory - New York Times Sat, 06 Sep 2014 17:06:13 GMT

BBC News

Syrian Bombs Hit ISIS-Held Territory New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon — Raids by Syrian warplanes killed at least 25 people, most of them civilians crowding into a bakery, in the northeastern province of Raqqa on Saturday as government forces continued air attacks on territory controlled by the Islamic ... Syrian conflict: Assad forces 'hit IS-run bakery'BBC News More than 50 die in bombings of jihadist stronghold in SyriaFox News Latino Syria raids on jihadist bastion kill 53Sky News Australia New York Daily News -Fox News -MSN News all 540 news articles »

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US and Syrian Airstrikes Hit Islamic State Targets in Iraq and Syria - VICE News Sat, 06 Sep 2014 19:34:09 GMT

VICE News

US and Syrian Airstrikes Hit Islamic State Targets in Iraq and Syria VICE News At least 25 people are dead after Syrian forces launched a series of air attacks on an Islamic State-run bakery and other militant targets in the northeastern city of Raqqa on Saturday. At least three children and eight members of a single family were ...

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Jewish Museum gun suspect 'was captor in Syria' - BBC News Sat, 06 Sep 2014 17:56:03 GMT

BBC News

Jewish Museum gun suspect 'was captor in Syria' BBC News A freed French hostage has claimed that one of the Islamists who held him captive in Syria was the suspect in the Jewish Museum shooting in Brussels. Nicolas Henin told Le Point magazine that Mehdi Nemmouche regularly tortured captives in Syria in 2013. French Ex-Hostage Identifies Captor in SyriaABC News all 132 news articles »

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'Severing the link': Lawmakers, experts call for coordinated attack on ISIS ... - Fox News Sat, 06 Sep 2014 21:20:37 GMT

Al-Arabiya

'Severing the link': Lawmakers, experts call for coordinated attack on ISIS ... Fox News As President Obama and U.S. allies weigh the next steps in the fight against the Islamic State, lawmakers and military analysts say the strategy for uprooting the terror network must involve striking at its headquarters in Raqqa, Syria – using ... UK: Syria strikes possible without Assad inviteAl-Arabiya Intelligence Gaps Crippled Mission in Syria to Rescue Hostages James Foley ...Huffington Post Inside the Failed Raid to Save Foley and SotloffThe New Yorker The Guardian -ABC News all 5,408 news articles »

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MAP: Islamic State's brutal massacres in Syria and Iraq - Washington Post (blog) Fri, 05 Sep 2014 18:33:01 GMT

Sydney Morning Herald

MAP: Islamic State's brutal massacres in Syria and Iraq Washington Post (blog) Over the past three months, fighters from the Islamic State have targeted cities and areas in northern Iraq and Syria and massacred soldiers and residents, especially those belonging to minority tribes and other Muslim sects and religions. Here's a ... West must include Syria stronghold in ISIS fight, says NATO Secretary General ...CNN (blog) Obama: 'We Will Not Be Placing U.S. Ground Troops' In SyriaHuffington Post British Jihadists Fighting In Syria 'Regret Their Decision To Leave UK And ...Huffington Post UK Sydney Morning Herald -The Independent all 3,922 news articles »

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Unsavoury allies The growing power of Shia militias in Iraq and Syria poses a ... - The Economist Sat, 06 Sep 2014 16:01:17 GMT

Press TV

Unsavoury allies The growing power of Shia militias in Iraq and Syria poses a ... The Economist THERE was never any doubting the brutality of Islamic State (IS), the jihadist group that has swept across large parts of Syria and Iraq and declared an Islamic caliphate. Its war has been accompanied by a stream of gory video recordings of mass ... Why Airstrikes in Syria Won't WorkDaily Beast US 'creating pretexts' to attack SyriaPress TV US Believes a Dozen Americans Are Fighting With ISIS in SyriaABC News (blog) Syria Deeply -Roll Call (blog) all 587 news articles »

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Syrian airstrikes on ISIS stronghold kill 25 militants and civilians ... - National Post Sat, 06 Sep 2014 16:53:22 GMT

National Post

Syrian airstrikes on ISIS stronghold kill 25 militants and civilians ... National Post BEIRUT — Syria launched a series of airstrikes targeting a stronghold of the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) on Saturday, killing at least 25 people, most of whom died when one of the missiles slammed into a crowded bakery, activists said ...

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Syria May Have Hidden Chemical Arms, US Says - New York Times Fri, 05 Sep 2014 02:29:09 GMT

NPR (blog)

Syria May Have Hidden Chemical Arms, US Says New York Times The United States expressed concern on Thursday that Syria's government might be harboring undeclared chemical weapons, hidden from the internationally led operation to purge them over the past year, and that Islamist militant extremists now ensconced ... US: Terrorist Could Get Syria Chemical WeaponsABC News US warns ISIS could get ahold of Syria's chemical weaponsDaily Mail The US Is Worried That Assad May Still Have Chemical WeaponsTIME NPR (blog) -UN News Centre -The Wire all 126 news articles »

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From a Texas Company to a Political Maelstrom in the Syrian Civil War - New York Times Sat, 06 Sep 2014 18:57:55 GMT

New York Times

From a Texas Company to a Political Maelstrom in the Syrian Civil War New York Times Syrian politics were far from Suzanne Hitto's mind when her husband called last year to tell her to hire a lawyer. She had not seen him in months, and he had already surprised her by quitting his job. Her first thought, sitting alone in her home in the ... and more »

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Ex-hostage says Brussels shooting suspect was his captor in Syria - FRANCE 24 Sat, 06 Sep 2014 20:40:55 GMT

Ex-hostage says Brussels shooting suspect was his captor in Syria FRANCE 24 At least one French journalist who was held hostage by Islamist militants in Syria has identified Mehdi Nemmouche (in sketch), a French citizen suspected of fatally shooting four people in May at the Jewish Museum in Brussels, as one of his captors.