BBC News | Syria death reported of ex-British marine fighting alongside Kurds BBC News A former Royal Marine has become the first Briton to be killed while fighting alongside Kurdish forces against Islamic State in Syria, the Kurdish militia has told the BBC. The Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) named him as Konstandinos Erik ... First UK national to be killed fighting ISIS in Syria named as former British ... British Royal Marine dies fighting Isis militants in Syria – reports British ex-Royal Marine 'killed fighting ISIS in Syria' |
Slate Magazine (blog) | New Study Says Climate Change Helped Spark Syrian Civil War Slate Magazine (blog) We know the basic story in Syria by now: From 2006-2010, an unprecedented drought forced the country from a groundwater-intensive breadbasket of the region to a net food importer. Farmers abandoned their homes—school enrollment in some areas ... Global warming contributed to Syria's 2011 uprising, scientists claim Climate Change Helped Spark Syrian War, Study Says Researchers Link Syrian Conflict to a Drought Made Worse by Climate Change |
The Guardian | US Syria policy in tatters after favoured 'moderate' rebels disband The Guardian US policy towards Syria has suffered a new blow with the dissolution of the Hazm movement, its favoured and best-known rebel group – raising tough questions about Washington's strategy and limiting its future options. Hazm (“Determination”) announced ... Syrian rebel group that got US aid dissolves US-Backed Rebel Group in Syria Disbands Syria: al-Qaeda Nusra Front 'seizes' hi-tech weapons after defeat of US-armed ... |
Reuters | US spy chief says 40 Americans who went to Syria have returned Reuters He reiterated that the priority of the United States and its allies in Syria now was the fight against Islamic State. But he said the United States still believed it was essential that Assad leave office because the "magnet for all of this extremism ... US Intel Chief: Roughly 40 Americans Have Returned From Syria Rejoice: Intelligence chief claims Americans who fought in Syria are no threat ... US Spy Chief Says 40 Americans Who Returned From Syria Don't Pose Security ... |
The Guardian | Christian militia in Syria defends ancient settlements against Isis The Guardian In Syria though, the upheaval across the border, its own civil war and then the rise of the jihadis had not had the same existential effect on the Assyrians. Until now. Last Monday, an estimated 8,000 Assyians remained in the heartland area near ... Catholic aid group sends money to support Christian refugees in Syria Assyrian refugees flood into Lebanon amid Syria violence Catholic aid group channels money to help Christians displaced in Syria |
Express.co.uk | Jihadi fighters are portrayed as 'eye candy' to lure young British Muslim ... Express.co.uk Questions have also been raised about what contact the girls may have had with extremists after a message sent from a Twitter account under the name of Begum was sent to Aqsa Mahmood - who left Glasgow for Syria to become a "jihadi bride" in 2013. |
Financial Times | Syria's militant groups Financial Times Al-Qaeda's Syria franchise, it is one of the most powerful militant groups in Syria. After being forced out of eastern Syria by Isis in 2014, the group fell briefly into decline but is making a comeback by taking control of other rebel-held territories ... US still considering no-fly zone for Syria ANNE R. PIERCE: Beware ISIS strategy that fortifies Russia, Iran, and Syria Syria: Rebels with a lost cause |
MiamiHerald.com | Syria: 19 Christians Have Been Released by the Islamic State, Local Leaders Say New York Times Nineteen of the Assyrian Christians seized by Islamic State militants last week in northeastern Syria have been freed, and they met with church officials in a cathedral in the city of Hasaka, local leaders said Sunday. Three of those freed were women ... ISIS releases 19 Syrian Christians, activists say Islamic State frees 19 of 220 abducted Assyrian Christians ISIS release 19 hostages from group of 220 Assyrian Christians kidnapped in Syria |
Jerusalem Post Israel News | Assad cannot be Syria's future Jerusalem Post Israel News After 220,000 deaths and millions of displaced persons, we would be foolish to assume that a majority of Syrians would willingly agree to live under the control of their tormentor. And for us to dash their hopes of a better future for Syria, without ... France skeptical of fighting freeze in Syria's largest France skeptical about UN 'freeze' for Syria Syrian rebels reject UN envoy's ceasefire plan |
NPR (blog) | The Art Of Syrian Refugees Sends A Message. Is Anyone Listening? NPR (blog) When Syrian artist Mohammed Al-Amari, 27, fled the country's civil war last winter he couldn't carry much. Just some clothes, and little else, he says. But he did manage to bring some "colors" with him — watercolors, pastels and even a few of his ... |