USA TODAY | Russia, US exchange charges about targets of Syria airstrikes USA TODAY Russia mounted a second round of airstrikes in Syria on Thursday and met with Pentagon officials by videoconference as the White House charged that Moscow targeted areas with few Islamic State militants. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, speaking ... Russia Carries Out Airstrikes in Syria for 2nd Day Russia defends Syria airstrikes amid claims of blows to US-backed rebels Syria conflict: US says Russian air strikes 'indiscriminate' |
The Guardian | US-backed Syrian rebels say they have been hit by Russian airstrikes The Guardian US-backed rebels in Syria say they were hit by Russian airstrikes on Thursday, on the second day of Russia's air campaign over the country. The commander of the Liwa Suqour al-Jabal rebel group, which has received training by the CIA, says a training ... Russia launches media offensive on Syria bombing 'Deconflict': buzzword to prevent risk of a US-Russian clash over Syria Russia strikes at rebels in Syria and Iranian forces cross the border to ... |
BBC News | The agenda says Ukraine - but the focus is on Syria BBC News But Russia's latest military intervention, this time in Syria, threatens to overshadow the event. Just as when Russia annexed Crimea and backed armed insurgents in eastern Ukraine, the West is once again worrying about Vladimir Putin's motives and the ... As Russia enters war in Syria, conflict in Ukraine begins to wind down |
ABC Online | The 19th Syrian: The asylum seeker the Australian Government convinced to ... ABC Online He and 18 other Syrians were being held in Australian-run detention centres, but he was the only one the Federal Government managed to persuade to return home. He was known as EDE 043 — an identifier assigned to him based on the boat he arrived on ... |
ABC Online | Russia's motives in Syria not trustworthy, Justice Minister Michael Keenan says ABC Online Russian jets struck targets near the cities of Hama and Homs in western Syria. The air raid placed Russia and the United States on opposite sides of a Middle East conflict for the first time since the Cold War. "We want the broadest possible Coalition ... |
BBC News | Syria: What can Russia's air force do? BBC News This is the first Russian military operation beyond the boundaries of the former Soviet Union since the end of the Cold War. But the US and its coalition partners have already conducted over 7,000 air strikes in Syria and Iraq against the so-called ... |
Yahoo News | The Christian zeal behind Russia's war in Syria Washington Post Since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war, the Russian Orthodox Church has been outspoken about the need to protect the region's Christians and lent aid to its remaining, beleaguered patriarchates. The Middle East's Christians, according to a ... Church says Russia fighting 'holy battle' in Syria |
BBC News | The viral roots of Trump's Syria refugee 'solution' BBC News If Donald Trump becomes US president, he says he's going to deport all refugees of the Syrian civil war who have been allowed on US soil. His justification for such a move has drawn criticism for being based on questionable evidence and sketchy numbers ... Russian airstrikes in Syria 'OK' with Trump Donald Trump in New Hampshire: Syrian Refugees Are 'Going Back' Donald Trump Says If Elected President, He'll Send Back Syrian Refugees Taken ... |
BBC News | Cookies on the BBC website BBC News Late on Wednesday morning, two warplanes flying at high altitude fired missiles into the rebel-held town of Talbiseh in western Syria, killing at least 20 civilians and injuring dozens more, according to an opposition activist who witnessed the attack ... |
New York Times | Refugee Crisis in Europe Prompts Western Engagement in Syria New York Times UNITED NATIONS — Over the last four years, as four million Syrian refugees poured into neighboring countries and slipped inexorably into poverty, António Guterres, the United Nations high commissioner for refugees, said he had pleaded in vain with ... Refugee crisis: Syria's religious minorities must not be overlooked |