Daily Beast | Survivors Tell of Syrias Underground Railroad to Europe Daily Beast Today, over 3.8 million Syrians have fled the brutality of the Syrian war zone. Many have sought sanctuary in neighboring countries, but countless others are desperately attempting to reach European soil. With European Union states granting formal ... How I was smuggled into Europe -- and why it was worth it |
Fox News | Why Syria needs an earthquake: Because Americans are ignoring the greatest ... Fox News April 12, 2015: This photo posted by the anti-government activist website of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows Syrians walking at the damaged backyard of a school after an ... |
Stuff.co.nz | Rebels Launch New Offensive in Northwestern Syria ABC News Several hard-line Syrian rebel groups pushed a new offensive against government forces in northwestern Syria on Thursday, less than a month after seizing control of the provincial capital there. The conservative Islamic factions, including the ... US backed air strikes have killed 2079 people in Syria Syria conflict: IS-rebel clashes 'leave 40 dead' US-led strikes have killed 2079 people in Syria: monitor |
Wall Street Journal | San Diego Man Accused of Making False Statements About Syria ABC News A San Diego man has been arrested after admitting to federal agents that he fought alongside militant Islamic fighters in his native Syria, and Facebook postings and photographs indicate he worked for a Sharia court known for meting out cruel ... Man Charged With Lying About Time in Syria San Diego man charged in terrorism case involving Syria fighting Syrian American arrested in San Diego on terrorism charge |
Business Insider | The Kurds are advancing on a key ISIS stronghold in Syria Business Insider BEIRUT – Kurdish forces backed by Free Syrian Army-affiliated fighters have surrounded the strategic ISIS stronghold of Sarrin, which lies in a key position north of the militant group's de-facto Raqqa capital. “Intense clashes between Kurdish People's ... |
Ex-adviser says UN Syria envoy 'out of his depth': report Reuters The United Nations, however, vigorously defended the Italian-Swedish diplomat, saying he had decades of experience and that frustration over the world's in ability to get Syria's warring parties to stop the bloodshed was being misdirected. Former ... Former adviser slams UN envoy to Syria's Aleppo plan |
U.N. Representative Blames Syria's Civil War For Massive Migration Crisis NPR FRANCOIS CREPEAU: We have witnessed almost four million Syrians getting out of the country and being warehoused now in Turkey, in Lebanon, in Jordan, and we haven't offered anything to these people. There's no future for them in those countries, ... |
PRI | 'In Syria there is no black and white,' says this Syrian filmmaker PRI Khudr left Syria for Cairo and then headed to Turkey, where he lives now. He finished filming "The Cow Farm" before he left for Syria and completed its production in Turkey. He longs to go back to Syria, but says that might prove to be a long shot. "In ... |
RT | Assad: France supporting 'terrorists' in Syria, acts as Washington's satellite RT Syrian President Bashar Assad has slammed France for alleged “terrorist” support in his country, saying Paris is not independent and has “no weight and no credibility” in the face of Washington. France has turned into “a kind of satellite for American ... Can Syria's Assad withstand latest battlefield setbacks? (+video) Syria's Assad Cites 'Contacts' With French Intelligence |
Irish Times | Eamonn McCann: Syria kidnapping was not what it seemed Irish Times On December 13th, 2012, a news team from the US network NBC was kidnapped by armed men in northern Syria. The journalists, and members of a group aligned with the rebel Free Syrian Army with whom they had been travelling, were thrown into a truck, ... |