Telegraph.co.uk | How Syria's Christians stopped turning the other cheek Telegraph.co.uk For the last week, they have been fighting the jihadists of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant across a major front in north-west Syria, in alliance with the YPG, the Kurdish defence forces. They have had mixed fortunes, but the battle has ... San Jose Syrian Christian church prays for communities in Syria, Iraq Assyrians in San Jose hold prayer vigil for embattled countrymen in Syria Activists: ISIS Now Holding More than 250 Christians Hostage in Syria |
BBC News | Syria girls: CCTV shows UK teenagers at Istanbul bus station BBC News CCTV pictures have emerged showing three UK schoolgirls on the Turkish leg of what is believed to have been their journey to join Islamic State in Syria. Shamima Begum and Amira Abase, 15, and Kadiza Sultana, 16, flew from London to Istanbul on 17 ... On the road to Syria: Three jihadi bride schoolgirls are spotted on CCTV at ... Missing schoolgirls' journey to Syria captured on CCTV Missing Syria schoolgirls: CCTV appears to show teenagers at an Istanbul bus ... |
CNN | US suspects accused of sending military supplies to terrorists in Syria, Iraq CNN (CNN) Six suspects linked to terrorist activity referred to Syria and Iraq as "the beach," and used other coded language to avoid detection in the United States, authorities say. The Bosnian immigrants, including a husband and a wife, were arrested ... |
Mashable | Syria Expels 3 Key UN Humanitarian Staffers ABC News The Syrian government has expelled three key U.N. humanitarian staffers, a decision the U.N. says could have "a major impact" on critical aid operations and harm a new effort to secure a six-week truce in the country's largest city. The expulsions come ... Syria kicks out 2 U.N. staffers trying to arrange aid deliveries Syria expels three United Nations aid workers Syria expels 2 key UN humanitarian staffers |
Yahoo News | Kurdish Fighters Capture Tel Hamees, ISIS Stronghold In Syria Huffington Post BEIRUT (AP) — Backed by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes, Kurdish fighters fought their way Friday into a northeastern Syrian town that was a key stronghold of Islamic State militants, only days after the group abducted dozens of Christians in the ... Kurdish forces 'capture strategic IS Syria bastion' Islamic State under pressure as Kurds seize Syrian town Australian man fighting Islamic State killed in Syria |
Huffington Post | All It Takes To Cross From Turkey To ISIS-Held Syria Is $25 Huffington Post KARKEMISH, Turkey -- If the three Brooklyn men arrested Wednesday on charges of aiding and plotting to join the Islamic State had boarded flights to Turkey, they likely would have made it to Syria with ease. For a wannabe foreign fighter, the last step ... Syria girls: UK trio 'picked up by IS men' - smuggler Reports from Syria detail the Islamic State's brutal interpretation of the Qur'an |
Business Insider | Activists say al-Qaida fighters overrun Western-backed rebel bases in Syria Stars and Stripes BEIRUT — Syria's al-Qaida affiliate overran bases belonging to a Western-backed rebel group near the northern city of Aleppo after heavy clashes that killed at least 20 fighters, activists said Saturday. The fighting took place near the town of Atarib ... UN envoy in Syria to seek Aleppo truce UN special envoy in Syria to seek Aleppo truce Dozens dead as Nusra takes US-backed Syria rebel base: activists |
The Guardian | US should use radar to warn civilians of Syrian barrel bombs, group demands The Guardian James Sadri, campaign director of The Syria Campaign said that creating an early warning system using radar data was the next best solution to imposing a no-fly zone in areas of the country, a move the US has been unable to negotiate. “If the ... France, Britain dismiss calls to renew relations with Syria's Assad Syria's New Threat 'Assad cannot be Syria's future' – UK & French foreign ministers |
BBC News | CCTV shows Syria-bound girls' 18-hour bus wait BBC News CCTV pictures have emerged appearing to show three missing London schoolgirls in Turkey on their way to Syria. The images show Kadiza Sultana, Shamima Begum and Amira Abase waiting at a bus station in Istanbul before boarding a bus to the Syrian ... |
Fox News | Muslim teacher denies influencing 6 Canada teens to travel to Syria to join ISIS Fox News Canadian authorities say they have lost track of the four men and two women — aged 18 and 19 — who left Quebec in January headed to Turkey with plans to enter Syria, where ISIS fighters have taken over large areas of the country, Reuters reported. Adil Charkaoui speaks out after 6 teens reportedly join militants in Syria Teacher denies radicalizing Canadian teens headed to Syria Syrian jihadists believed to have recruited 6 young Quebecers |