Reuters | Islamic State takes Syrian town as fighting looks set to intensify Reuters While the United States and Russia back rival sides in the war between the government and rebels in western Syria, both are also waging separate campaigns against the Islamic State group that controls wide areas of the east and the north. Islamic State ... Discordant Verdicts on US Forces in Syria: Too Much, or Too Little ISIL captures town in western Syria Kerry Says Decision to Send Troops to Syria Not Decision to Enter Syrian Civil War |
BBC News | Syrian conflict: Islamic State advances in Homs Province BBC News Islamic State (IS) fighters have reportedly captured the Syrian town of Maheen, in central Homs Province, from government forces. They launched the offensive with two suicide car blasts late on Saturday, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights ... Islamic State group advances in central Syria, seizing town Islamic State captures town in central Syria as part of new expansion |
Fox News | Carson, GOP White House candidates critical of Obama's Syria plan for 50 ... Fox News “Sending 50 American Special Forces into Syria in the eyes of ISIL shows that Obama is not all in,” candidate and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said on “Fox News Sunday.” “It is a sign of weakness to ISIL. They have sized Obama up and they think ... Syria and the US GOP Candidates Criticize Obama's Syria Policy As 'Sign Of Weakness' Republican candidates call Obama's Syria strategy weak |
Wall Street Journal | Iran's Khamenei Warns Countries Against Dictating Syria's Political Future Wall Street Journal Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday warned against foreign countries dictating Syria's political future and rejected direct talks with the U.S. on regional issues following recent negotiations to end the long-running Syrian civil war. Iran leader says fresh elections needed in Syria Iran's supreme leader warns against foreign countries deciding Syria's future Khamenei dismisses foreign countries' involvement in Syria |
CBS News | Carson: Work with Putin in Syria, "keep him on the run" in Ukraine CBS News "Look where most of the refugees are, at the Turkey-Syrian border. I think we should establish a no fly zone there and we should enforce it," Carson said in the televised interview. "We should be doing this in communication with Putin to try and ... Obama on a lonely island when it comes to Russia and Syria The risks of letting Putin posture as Charlemagne in Syria Russia's coverage of Syria brings back painful memories |
BBC News | Syria conflict: Russia's scars from Afghanistan BBC News It is more than 26 years since Soviet troops pulled out of Afghanistan. But today Russia, once again, is at war outside the former Soviet Union - in Syria. The BBC's Steve Rosenberg in Moscow met some veterans of that Soviet war to find out what ... |
Daily Beast | Will Syria Be Obama's Vietnam? Daily Beast Just as there are risks in letting failed states like Iraq and Syria collapse as well as equal, perhaps greater risk, in allowing the savage terrorists of ISIS to gain territory and advocates by doing too little there is also the risk of being drawn ... |
Foreign Policy (blog) | Disaster Could Sink Egyptian Tourism, Push Putin Deeper into… Foreign Policy (blog) Any Russian shift would come just as the Obama administration has been changing its tactics for battling ISIS, including the announcement last week that 50 American Special Operations forces would be sent into Syria to work with rebels there and help ... Troops in Syria 'does not mean US entering war' |
Yahoo News | Al Qaeda chief urges militant unity against Russia in Syria Yahoo News CAIRO (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri called on Muslim supporters to band together to confront the threat from the West and Russia in Syria and Iraq, the latest recording suggesting greater unity between al Qaeda and Islamic State. |
Daily Mail | Ashley Dyball in Syria insists he's NOT fighting ISIS but providing aid Daily Mail In his first interview, the former Brisbane resident described ISIS as a cancer that needed to be 'killed completely.' But he denied being a fighter, saying he is in Syria carrying out humanitarian aid delivery work. He was challenged by the 60 minutes ... Family of Australian fighting ISIL in Syria make journey to warzone to track ... 60 Minutes reunites Australian couple with son in Syria, who insists 'he's not ... Parents of Syria fighter want him to stay there |