Christian Science Monitor | Can Syria's Assad withstand latest battlefield setbacks? Christian Science Monitor Rebel fighters listen to one of the field commanders ahead of what they said was an offensive to take control of the northwestern town of Jisr al-Shughour and the surrounding areas, which are controlled by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al ... Assad: France supporting 'terrorists' in Syria, acts as Washington's satellite Syria's Assad cites 'contacts' with French intelligence Weapons of Mass Destruction in Syria |
Reuters | Syrian Kurds see Islamic State threat to city in northeast Reuters Hasaka province in northeastern Syria is strategically important for all sides and abuts Islamic State-held territory in Iraq, where the group is back on the offensive after losing the city of Tikrit at the start of the month. The Syrian Kurdish YPG ... |
Press TV | Dozens killed in fighting in southern Syria, activists say U.S. News & World Report BEIRUT (AP) — Fierce clashes between Syrian government forces and opposition fighters in the country's south killed dozens on both sides over the past two days as rebel factions regained much of the ground they lost earlier, activists said Tuesday. Syria army cuts off key militant supply route near Jordan |
AL.com | Hoover woman joins ISIS: Meet Hoda Muthana who fled US to Syria AL.com In November, she tricked her father into letting her go to Atlanta supposedly for a school field trip, but instead hopped a plane to Turkey and then Syria to hook up with ISIS, according to the account on BuzzFeed. Less than a month after she arrived ... Alabama woman joins Islamic State in Syria: media 'I believe she's been brainwashed': Alabama college student, 20, joins ISIS in ... Alabama Woman Left Home To Join ISIS In Syria: Parents' Spokesman |
Daily Mail | London schoolgirls who fled to Syria 'have joined all-female ISIS militia' Daily Mail The three east London schoolgirls who fled the UK for Syria have joined a fearsome group of British female jihadis who run the lslamic State's ultra-religious police force, it has been reported. Shamima Begum and Amira Abase, both 15, and Kadiza ... Isis Jihadi Brides of al-Khansa Brigade Flee Syria over 'Horrible Punishments' |
BBC News | Two held in Coventry over 'Syria terror offences' BBC News Two teenagers from Coventry have been arrested on suspicion of Syria-related terrorism offences, police have said. The pair, both aged 17, were detained by officers from the West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit at their home addresses at about 06:00. Police arrest boys on suspicion of preparing to join terrorists in Syria Coventry teenagers arrested over suspected Syria trip Coventry teenagers, 17, arrested on suspicion of bid to travel to Syria for ... |
Newsweek | US Lawmakers Urge Obama to Establish Safe Zones in Syria Newsweek Republican and Democratic U.S. senators called on President Barack Obama on Tuesday to create and enforce humanitarian safe zones in Syria, amid international concerns about the dire conditions faced by millions of people displaced by the war. Tim Kaine urges President Obama to create humanitarian safe zones in Syria |
CNNMoney | 'Nauseating, but necessary:' Sarin gas attack in Syria shown on '60 Minutes' CNNMoney The footage was from an August 2013 sarin gas attack in Syria. While the mass slaughter received widespread news attention at the time, "60 Minutes" investigated further and interviewed survivors. The resulting report included images that are typically ... Horror: CBS News' 60 Minutes Airs Footage Of The 2013 Sarin Gas Attack In Syria Behind 60 Minutes' decision to air video of sarin gas victims in Syria |
ABC News | Minneapolis Man in Syria Has Been Recruiting Friends Back Home to ISIS, Feds ... ABC News A young Minneapolis man who successfully slipped out of the United States last year to join ISIS in Syria has now been working to recruit his friends to the terrorist cause, federal authorities revealed today. Abdi Nur, 18, flew overseas in May 2014 ... Six youths arrested in US for trying to travel to Syria to join Islamist militants FBI arrests six men in alleged plot to join ISIL in Syria U.S. Somali recruiter not dead, still active in Syria: officials |
Reuters | UN Security Council demands aid access for Syria's Yarmouk camp Reuters Before Islamist fighters arrived in Yarmouk, Western diplomats and U.N. officials say, it was armed forces supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad who were preventing camp residents from getting aid. "It is critical that all parties, especially the ... Syria conflict: Fighting for a future for Yarmouk UN Urges $30 Million for Palestinian Refugees in Syria Camp Security Council demands aid access to Syria's Yarmouk camp |