Aljazeera.com | Report reaffirms Syria chemical weapons use Aljazeera.com Al Jazeera has obtained a leaked copy of a report by a chemical weapons watchdog that offers further evidence about the use of chemical weapons in Syria. The report by a fact-finding mission of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ... Watchdog offers more proof Syria government used chemical arms: US OPCW: Chlorine Gas Was Used In Syria Attacks US Says There's More Proof Syria Used Chemical Arms |
Globalnews.ca | Father's Perilous Missions To Save Syria Jihadis Sky News Dimitri Bontinck risked his life on a perilous 10-month quest to find his teenage son, travelling to Syria three times before the pair were eventually reunited in late 2013. Despite the continuing danger, the former Belgian soldier is now helping other ... Father who rescued son from Syria says he's helping other families Father who tracked down 'jihadi' son in Syria returns to help other families ... Devoted father travelled to Syria to rescue militant son from ISIS terrorists |
Syria Accuses John McCain and 3 Others of Entering Illegally ABC News Syria's U.N. Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari said in identical letters to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council circulated Tuesday that McCain, Kouchner, former Kuwaiti Parliament member Walid al-Tabtaba'i and former U.S. ambassador to ... |
RT | McCain & other top officials accused of illegally visiting Syria RT In the letter, Syria's UN ambassador Bashar Ja'afari urged UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council to put additional pressure on governments to implement “the necessary measures against their nationals who enter Syrian territory ... Syria tells UN that McCain and former diplomats visited illegally Syria accuses McCain, 3 others of entering illegally |
CNN International | Kurdish fighters say they'd advanced in Kobani, Syria CNN International ISIS, the Sunni Muslim extremist militant group, has been fighting for Kobani for months, hoping to add it to the territory it has already controls in parts of Syria and Iraq for what it calls its new independent Islamic nation. Syria has been ... ISIS facing deadly backlash in Syria? Foreigners fighting ISIS in Syria: Who and why? Foreigners fighting Islamic State in Syria: who and why? |
Military Times | Syria rebel training could start in early spring Military Times The effort to train Syrian rebels is part of the overall campaign to defeat the Islamic State militants who seized large swaths of Syria and Iraq. Kirby said that once the training program gets up and running it may require additional U.S. forces to ... US investigating civilian casualty claims in Iraq, Syria US Probes Civilian Casualties in Iraq, Syria U.S. Probes Reports of Civilian Casualties in Iraq, Syria |
The Guardian | Senior Isis 'police' official beheaded in Syria says monitoring group The Guardian A senior figure in Islamic State's self-declared police force, which has carried out beheadings, was himself found decapitated in eastern Syria, a monitoring group said. The man was an Egyptian national and was known as the deputy “emir” of the al ... Islamic State 'police' official beheaded: Syria monitor Islamic State 'police official' beheaded in Syria Rights Group: Senior IS 'Policeman' Beheaded in Syria |
BBC News | Syria crisis: A new year without hope BBC News The 12 months between the first round of the Geneva II peace talks in January 2014 and the Moscow peace talks planned for January 2015 have turned out to be the deadliest since the start of the Syrian uprising four years ago. This time last year ... Salman Shaikh: Syria is a 'Broken, Fragmented, Divided State' January 6th ... Salman Shaikh: Syria is a 'Broken, Fragmented, Divided State' Syria is going to get worse and do you know why? |
BBC News | Syrians entering Lebanon face new restrictions BBC News New restrictions on Syrians entering Lebanon have come into effect, further slowing the flow of asylum seekers trying to escape the war. Previously, travel between the two countries was largely unrestricted, but now Syrians will have to obtain a visa ... Syria envoy blasts new Lebanon entry rules Syrian refugees become less welcome in Lebanon, as new entry rules take effect Syria conflict: Lebanon refugee curb prompts UN concern |
Reuters | West's Islamic State focus neglects human tragedy in Syria, doctors say Reuters PARIS (Reuters) - Western states are focusing too much on tackling Islamic State and are forgetting the daily suffering of ordinary Syrians in areas of the country where the medical situation has become catastrophic, a group of Syrian doctors said. Syria facing “medical disaster” as eradicated diseases return West's ISIL focus neglects human tragedy in Syria, doctors say |