CNN | Abu Sayyaf, key ISIS figure in Syria, killed in US raid CNN (CNN) U.S. special operations forces killed a key ISIS commander during a raid in eastern Syria overnight Friday to Saturday -- securing intelligence on how the terror organization operates, communicates and earns money, U.S. government officials said. US raid in Syria supported by secret Stealth Black Hawk helicopters? Syria raid yielded 'treasure trove' of intelligence on Isis, insiders say US troops kill top ISIL commander in raid inside Syria |
New York Times | Hezbollah Deploys Weapon, a Press Tour, on the Syrian Front New York Times QALAMOUN MOUNTAINS, Syria — A powerfully built officer in wraparound sunglasses and digital-print camouflage gave a detailed tactical briefing, propping a map up against a juniper tree and pointing to red circles that he said showed leftover ... Hezbollah making gains on Lebanon-Syria border: Nasrallah Hezbollah Leader Says Extremists Losing Ground in Syria Syria, Hezbollah advance further in Qalamoun border region |
BBC News | Syria conflict: IS 'withdraws' from ancient Palmyra BBC News Islamic State militants have been pushed back from the ancient Syrian site of Palmyra, officials and a monitoring group say. Militants seized part of the town of Tadmur on Saturday, which is located on a strategic east-west route next to Palmyra's ... Palmyra: Will ISIS bulldoze ancient Syrian city? Syria's Monuments Men hide 2000-year-old artefacts as ISIS advance on Palmyra Syria claims to have pushed ISIS from Palmyra |
9news.com.au | Melbourne teen dies fighting for Islamic State in Syria: report 9news.com.au Police allege that Hussein helped Australians wanting to go to Iraq or Syria to connect with extremist recruiters in the Middle East. Police told a court earlier this month that another Melbourne teenage terror suspect, Harun Causevic, had Hussein's ... Melbourne teen killed in Syria: report Melbourne teen reportedly killed in Syria Australian jihadi killed in Syria - report |
CNN | Obama says Syria war unlikely to end during his presidency CNN Asked by interviewer Nadia Bilbassy on Friday whether Syria could become the equivalent of Rwanda -- where Hutu extremists, unabated by western intervention, slaughtered almost 1 million people in 1994 -- Obama defended his decision to forgo airstrikes. |
The Guardian | The Guardian view on the UN talks on Syria: a waiting game while the country ... The Guardian That is understandable, given that the first two big and much heralded attempts to reach an agreement to end Syria's civil war, now in its fifth year, were such failures. Two of the world's most distinguished mediators, former UN secretary general Kofi ... |
Hurriyet Daily News | Turkish Forces Shoot Down Syrian Helicopter Wall Street Journal ISTANBUL—Turkey's armed forces shot down a Syrian helicopter Saturday, Turkish officials said, days after Ankara pressed its North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies to push for regime change in Damascus as part of a broader effort to fight terrorism ... Turkey says it shoots down regime helicopter, Syria TV reports it was drone Turkey Says It Shot Down Syrian Helicopter Turkey arrests 7 soldiers in 'Syria arms consignment' case |
Reuters | Turkey says shot down helicopter, while Syrian TV says it was drone Reuters NATO member Turkey, an outspoken critic of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has a 900-km (560-mile) border with Syria and frequently scrambles jets to its frontier worried about territorial violations. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said ... |
Arkansas Online | IS jihadists take Ramadi but pinned back in Palmyra Yahoo News On Sunday IS faced another setback across the border in Syria where government forces drove them out of the ancient oasis town of Palmyra, home to a UNESCO world heritage site. "IS's attack was foiled," provincial governor Talal Barazi said after ... IS suffers string of defeats in Syria but gaining in Iraq's Ramadi US says raid in Syria kills key extremist US, allies conduct 18 air strikes in Iraq, eight in Syria |
euronews | Syria: reports of ISIL advance on Palmyra raise fears for the ancient site euronews An unverified video has emerged purporting to show ISIL militants raising the group's flag over a government building in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra. The country's antiquities chief maintains the government is still in control of the ... |