The Leader | Saudi Arabia, Turkey Discussing Unlikely Alliance To Oust Syria's Assad Huffington Post WASHINGTON -- Turkey and Saudi Arabia, two nations with a long history of rivalry, are in high-level talks with the goal of forming a military alliance to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad, according to sources familiar with the discussions. The talks ... Saudi Arabia, Turkey Talking about Unlikely Alliance To Oust Syria's Assad Saudi Arabia, Turkey Talking about Not likely Alliance To Oust Syria's Assad |
New York Times | UN Official Visits Syria to Press Urgency of Besieged Refuge Camp New York Times The top United Nations official for aiding Palestinian refugees visited Syria on Saturday as part of an intensified effort to avoid a humanitarian calamity at the besieged Yarmouk camp. About 18,000 civilians are trapped there as government forces ... UN official to visit besieged refugee camp in Syria Syria's cruel 'Hunger Games' Syrian Rebels Shell Aleppo, Killing at Least 9 |
Kyiv Post | US, allies conduct 13 air strikes in Syria, Iraq: military Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.-led forces targeted Islamic State militants in Syria with three air strikes from Saturday to Sunday morning, and also conducted 10 air strikes in Iraq, the U.S. military said. All strikes in Syria were near Kobani, while the ... Reuters: US, allies conduct 13 air strikes in Syria, Iraq US, allies conduct air strikes in Syria and Iraq: US military US, allies conduct air raids in Syria, Iraq |
BBC News | Waheed Ahmed: 'Syria-bound' councillor's son to return to UK BBC News A Labour councillor's son, held in Turkey on suspicion of trying to enter Syria illegally is expected to return to the UK. Waheed Ahmed has been detained along with eight other Britons in Hatay near the Syrian border since Wednesday, 1 April. Footage ... 'Syria-Bound' Briton On Way Home To UK One of nine 'Syria-bound' Britons to be 'deported back to UK tonight' Waheed Ahmed: 'Syria bound' son of Labour councillor arrested in Turkey is ... |
Yahoo News | Syria Kurds gain ground in IS bastion: monitor Yahoo News Beirut (AFP) - Kurdish militia made headway on Sunday into Syria's northern Raqa province, where the extremist Islamic State group has set up its de facto capital, Kurdish officials and a monitor said. Syrian Kurds battle Islamic State in northeast |
The Independent | Syria conflict: Listen to Russia to help resolve crisis, urges UN envoy The Independent The United Nations' special peace envoy to Syria said it was time for the world to listen more closely to Russia on the four-year-long crisis that has cost more than 210,000 lives and fuelled an unprecedented growth of Islamist extremism that has ... |
ABC Online | Syria forces repel IS attack on airport, 35 killed ABC Online About 35 people have been killed in fighting between Syrian pro-government forces and suspected Islamic State militants at a strategically important military airport in Syria's south, opposition activists say. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights ... 35 dead as Syria forces repel IS attack on airport: monitor Syria's key military airport hit by deadly attack 35 killed as Syria forces repel IS attack on airbase |
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 ... Secret documents show Syria spied on Turkish army |
The Daily Telegraph | Former Northern Territory Labor president Matthew Gardiner silent on Syria trip The Daily Telegraph In January a spokesman for the People's Defence Units — the national army of Syrian Kurdistan known as the YPG — confirmed Mr Gardiner had joined Kurdish fighters in northern Syria. Mr Gardiner, 43, was detained by Australian Federal Police when he ... |
Center for Research on Globalization | Military Airstrikes Continue in Iraq, Syria Department of Defense SOUTHWEST ASIA, April 11, 2015 – U.S. and coalition military forces have continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. Officials ... Syria at the UN: US, Britain, France, Jordan Refuse to Name ISIL as “Separate ... Military airstrikes continue against ISIL in Syria and Iraq |