CNN | UK girls' list for Syria trip: Makeup, bras, epilator CNN The three East London classmates -- Shamima Begum, 15; Kadiza Sultana, 16; and Amira Abase, 15 -- boarded a Turkish Airlines plane from London's Gatwick Airport to Istanbul on February 17. They are thought to have crossed the Turkish border into Syria ... Syria girls: Met Police chief apologises for letter failure Families of three missing Syria girls demand police apology London schoolgirls' Syria checklist found in bedroom |
Reuters | With help from his allies, Syria's Assad looks set to stay Reuters Assad seems more likely to survive the Syrian crisis than at any point since it began four years ago. Iran's support is as solid as ever to its confident-looking ally in Damascus. The days when Assad was largely absent from view and his mere appearance ... America Is Losing the War in Syria This week marks four year since start of uprising in Syria Our Syria policy is failing |
Reuters | Graphic torture photos from Syria on display at United Nations Reuters About two dozen of some of the 55,000 photographs taken - some showing eye gougings, strangulation and long-term starvation - went on display at U.N. headquarters in New York this week as the conflict in Syria enters its fifth year. Former war crimes ... |
BBC News | Dozens escape Islamic State-run jail in Syria: monitor Reuters The jailbreak took place in the town of al-Bab, 30 km (20 miles) south of the Turkish frontier, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Al Qaeda offshoot Islamic State controls tracts of territory across northern Syria and runs its ... Islamic State conflict: Deadly strike on Syria refinery German woman, 19, dies fighting Islamic State in Syria German woman killed fighting Islamic State in Syria |
Missing girls lured by Isis won't face terrorism charges, says Met chief The Guardian Rowley said the three girls were different to someone “running around in northern Iraq and Syria with Kalashnikovs” who apologises for having committed terrorist offences. Rowley and Hogan-Howe agreed with Vaz that the girls would be “returning to ... |
Press TV | Latest from Iran Press TV A foreign-backed militant group has reportedly broken ranks with the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA) to join the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Reports coming out of Syria suggested that the 60-member Liwa al-Anfal militant group and its ... |
NPR (blog) | In Syria, Archaeologists Risk Their Lives To Protect Ancient Heritage NPR (blog) The race to protect Syria's heritage from the ravages of war and plunder has brought a new kind of warrior to the front lines. These cultural rebels are armed with cameras and sandbags. They work in secret, sometimes in disguise, to outwit smugglers. |
New York Times | Race in Iraq and Syria to Record and Shield Art Falling to ISIS New York Times BAGHDAD — In those areas of Iraq and Syria controlled by the Islamic State, residents are furtively recording on their cellphones damage done to antiquities by the extremist group. In northern Syria, museum curators have covered precious mosaics with ... Ancient site of Khorsabad 'attacked by Isil' as coalition strike on Syria oil ... |
Voice of America | Escape of Scores of IS Prisoners Reported in Syria Voice of America ISTANBUL, TURKEY—. More than 70 prisoners, including recently captured Kurdish fighters, broke out of an Islamic State jail Tuesday in which they were being held northeast of Aleppo, Syria, local political activists say. The escapees made their bid ... Dozens escape ISIS jail in northern Syria 95 people flee ISIL-run prison in northern Syria Monitor: About 95 People Escape From ISIS-Run Prison in Syria |
New York Times | Deaths Reported in Syria of Top Figures in Group Affiliated With Al Qaeda New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon — A loyalist of Osama bin Laden who trained fighters to battle American troops in Iraq and became a commander of Al Qaeda's affiliate in Syria was killed there in the last week along with three fellow leaders, according to Syrian ... US Syria strategy falters with collapse of rebel group Source: Syrian warplanes kill leaders of al Qaeda affiliate Syria Says It Killed Military Leader of Al-Qaida Group |