New York Times | An Ever-Bleaker Syria, From All Vantage Points New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon — Government helicopters rained barrel bombs on villages across Syria last week, killing civilians and demolishing homes. Hundreds of combatants died in battles that failed to move the front lines. And activists spread videos of hungry ... Syria four years on: What prospect for peace? Syria — unacceptable humanitarian failure Syria: 83% of Lights Extinguished After 4 Years of Crisis |
NPR | Syrian Rebels Will Face ISIS, But The US May Not Have Their Backs NPR The U.S. air war in Iraq and Syria against the self-proclaimed Islamic State is now in its eighth month. American officials say dropping bombs won't be enough to defeat that group; it will also require fighting on the ground. So the U.S. is trying to ... How Four Years of Civil War Has Destroyed Syria With World's Attention Turned To ISIS, The Syrian Regime Ramps Up Bombings ... Moderate Syrian Rebels Seek More US Help |
BBC News | Syria girls: First missing London schoolgirl named BBC News The first of four missing London schoolgirls who have travelled to Syria has been named as Sharmeena Begum. The 15-year-old, from Bethnal Green, is thought to have left the UK in December to join Islamic State (IS) militants. Sharmeena's father told ... First British teen to join Islamic State in Syria named ISIS: First London schoolgirl to join terror group in Syria is named Father of first girl who fled to Syria 'warned police to watch friends' |
The Guardian | Latest video footage reportedly shows London teenagers en route to Syria The Guardian Video footage has emerged of three British teenage girls who are believed to have entered Syria to join Islamic State, showing them seemingly being told by a middleman to use Syrian passports while changing transport in Turkey. The shaky mobile phone ... Video purportedly shows missing UK teens at Turkey-Syria border Turkish video alleges spy aided UK girls en route to Syria Syria girls: Video appears to show missing British trio |
Reuters | Kurdish, Christian forces gain on IS in NE Syria battles Yahoo News BEIRUT (AP) — Kurdish fighters and Christian militiamen are making gains against the Islamic State group in northeastern Syria, with intense clashes amid airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition, an activist group and a Kurdish official said Saturday. Kurds battle Islamic State in Syria, US-led coalition jets strike Kurdish, Christian forces gain on ISIS in Syria battles Islamic State pushed back in Syria |
Sydney Morning Herald | Melbourne people smuggling ring was also sending would-be fighters to Syria Sydney Morning Herald A people-smuggling ring that was promising to bring Lebanese asylum seekers to Australia by boat was also believed to be secretly helping people to travel to Syria to join the fighting there. The revelations that a lawyer, accountant, a "travel agent ... REPORT: Australian people smugglers are now sending jihadi fighters to Syria |
CBC.ca | Jason Kenney doesn't rule out expanding ISIS mission into Syria CBC.ca Canada's six-month mission in Iraq comes to a close at the end of March, but Defence Minister Jason Kenney isn't closing the door on an expanded special forces mission or an air war over Syria that would potentially be part of the next phase of Canada ... |
Newsweek | A Plea for Action: Gruesome Photos Smuggled From Syria on Display at UN Newsweek The startling exhibit, Caesar Photos: Inside Syrian Authorities' Prisons, which opened Tuesday evening, is co-hosted by the U.N. missions of the United States, France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United Kingdom, and co-sponsored by those of ... Syrian Torture Images on Display at UN: To Look or Look Away |
CNN | Four years of hell: Aid groups say world is failing Syria's civilians CNN The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a London-based monitoring group, has reported that 2014 was the deadliest year so far in the grinding conflict that began in March 2011 as an uprising against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad and ... Satellite photos show how Syria has entered 'the Dark Ages' 83 percent of Syria's lights have gone out. See for yourself what that looks like. Chilling Syrian numbers: 83% of electricity cut, life expectancy drops 20 years |
The Guardian | The lights have gone out over Syria, just like our humanity The Guardian He is also a stark and eloquent defender of the Syrian revolutionaries who set out to overthrow Assad back in 2011, first through civic resistance and later taking up arms to defend themselves from the onslaught of Assad's army and torturers. Unlike ... US nowhere in fielding rebel force in Syria After four years of Syria's war, no end in sight Former US envoy: no autonomy for Syria's Kurds now |