ABC News | PLO Says No to Military Action in Syria's Embattled Yarmouk ABC News The Palestine Liberation Organization said it will not be drawn into military action in an embattled Palestinian refugee camp in Syria, rejecting claims that Palestinians would join Syrian troops in driving out Islamic State militants. The PLO ... 'Yarmouk is being annihilated': Palestinians in Syria are left to their fate PLO rejects Syrian military action in Yarmouk camp No Military Action In Syria's Embattled Yarmouk: PLO |
Yahoo News | Syrian peace talks in Moscow end in disarray Yahoo News Bashar Jaafari, Syria's U.N. envoy who represented the Syrian government in the negotiations, sought to cast them as a success, hailing the initially agreed document. He tried to downplay opposition reversal of support. "The government and the ... Syria talks in Moscow end with no progress |
The Guardian | Syria, Assad and what the west must do now The Guardian Residents of the besieged Yarmouk refugee camp near Damascus, Syria, queue to receive food supplies. 'In the last week, the suffering of the remaining inhabitants of Yarmouk has been compounded by the incursion of the brutal extremist group Isis ... Inside the Middle East: Palestinians in Syria lose respect for Hezbollah PLO says against Syrian army drive to regain Yarmouk camp from militants UN chief: Yarmouk camp now 'deepest circle of hell' in Syria |
International Business Times AU | US, allies conduct nine air strikes in Iraq, seven in Syria Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.-led forces targeted Islamic State militants with nine air strikes in Iraq and seven in Syria since early on Thursday, the U.S. military said on Friday. In Syria, the air strikes hit Islamic State positions near Al Hasakah ... Canada Expanded Military Mission Launches First Airstrikes In Syria Canada Conducts Air Strike In Syria |
Wall Street Journal | Iran Nuclear Deal Gives Syria's Bashar al-Assad Reason to Worry Wall Street Journal BEIRUT—Like Israel and Saudi Arabia, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has his own reasons to be worried about Iran's framework nuclear agreement with the U.S. and other world powers. On the face of it, the prospect of a final accord that would lift ... |
TIME | Inside the Village Caught in the Crossfire Between Israel, Syria and Lebanon TIME When loud explosions rocked the small hilltop village of Ghajar — partly located in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights — a few months ago, a sense of terror that a long dreaded conflict had finally arrived rippled through the local residents. |
Who cares about Syria? Washington Post As I prepare to leave the United Nations at the end of May, I am haunted by the crisis that has defined my tenure: the breathtakingly savage war in Syria, now in its fifth year. At last month's pledging conference in Kuwait, many countries promised ... |
Newsweek | Syria Offers to Arm Yarmouk's Palestinian Refugees to Fight ISIS Newsweek The camp, where the Syrian and Palestinian population has shrunk from 150,000 to approximately 16,000 during the four-year-long Syrian civil war, was last week overrun by ISIS who took “large part” of the encampment, amid clashes with a Palestinian ... Crisis in Palestinian Camp in Syria Has Worsened Since ISIS Invasion, UN Says Refugee camp captures the horror of Syria Syria offers military help to Palestinians in Yarmouk camp |
The Hindu | The struggle for Syria The Hindu Inexplicable is the fate of Syria. Its ongoing conflict has claimed the lives of more than 2,00,000 people and sent 16 million Syrians out of their homes. A donor's conference for the humanitarian crisis in Kuwait raised $3.8 billion, less than half of ... Syria: Al Qaeda Seeks “Consultations” to Rule Newly Seized City. “Democratic ... Turkey, Syrian rebels skeptical of US plans to train anti-ISIS force Records show Assad regime in Syria spied on Turkish army |
CNN | Canadian warplanes carry out first airstrike against ISIS in Syria CNN It described the strike as successful. Canadian forces are part of the U.S.-led coalition trying to stem the extremist group's bloody advances in Iraq and Syria. Canadian warplanes have conducted dozens of strikes against ISIS targets in Iraq since ... Canadian jets drop first bombs on Islamic State stronghold in Syria Canadian Jets Have Begun Bombing ISIS Targets in Syria Canadian jets see first action in Syria, bombing ISIL garrison near Aleppo |