The Guardian | Amid the ruins of Syria, is Bashar al-Assad now finally facing the end? The Guardian One evening at the end of March, a Syrian rebel leader returned from a meeting across the border in Turkey and called an urgent gathering of his commanders. The five men turned up at their boss's house in Idlib province expecting to receive the same ... ISIS and the New Army of Conquest in Syria Are Headed for a Showdown Syrian opposition: Video shows military using barrel bombs Analysis: ISIS Gains Momentum With Palmyra, Assad Squeezed on Multiple Fronts |
Jerusalem Post Israel News | Security and Defense: Israel closely eying the Syrian situation Jerusalem Post Israel News The Damascus regime controls less than half of Syria, and the country no longer exists in any formal, coherent sense. Israel watches events closely, trying not to intervene – except when, according to international media reports, the Iranian axis tries ... Hezbollah sees no end to Syria war, Mideast at risk of partition |
Yahoo News | Syrian official: Islamic State militants in Palmyra's museum Yahoo News DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Islamic State fighters broke into the museum of Palmyra, though a Syrian official said its artifacts have been removed and are safe while the U.S.-led coalition conducted airstrikes on the group's installations near the captured ... Key Syria-Iraq border crossing falls to ISIL ISIS seizes another Iraqi town, expands hold in Syria's ancient Palmyra Islamic State says it has full control of Syria's Palmyra |
'White Helmets' bring civilian aid to Syria's conflict CNN In late 2012, the Syrian regime withdrew its forces from northern and southern Syria. Whether it was in response to increasingly powerful rebel forces is not something the regime of Bashar al-Assad has ever acknowledged, but the end product was the same. |
Reuters UK | French public back military intervention in Syria - poll Reuters UK It was the first country to join the U.S.-led coalition carrying out air strikes on Islamic State insurgents in Iraq and Syria, but ruled out taking part in strikes on targets inside Syrian borders for fear it would benefit Assad. In a survey of 1,103 ... Poll: French public back military intervention in Syria With Syria and Iraq, there is no Plan B – and the omens are not good U.S. Airstrikes In Syria 'Have Killed So Many People. We Want Them To Stop' |
The Guardian | British teenager's attempt to join Isis in Syria foiled by undercover reporter The Guardian Charlie Winter, a researcher at the counter-extemism thinktank Quilliam, said the US-led coalition carrying out air strikes in Syria and Iraq should be more open and specific about its actions in order to deter would-be extremists from entering the ... Police stop girl heading to Syria after newspaper alert UK teen's bid to become jihadi bride in Syria foiled by reporter ISIS plot to lure Brit girl to Syria as jihadi bride foiled by The Daily Mail |
Huffington Post | Tears Tell Story of Syria's War Victims Huffington Post Nahed, a Syrian mother, once had a good life. She was a school teacher in Rural Damascus. It was a middle-class living that could provide for her family. But all that changed when the civil war came to her country. The fighting between the government ... |
BBC News | Syrians Try To Build Case Against Assad In Chlorine Attacks Huffington Post BEIRUT (AP) — With only a cloth mask for protection, Firas Kayali rushed to try to rescue the residents of a house in a village in rebel-held northern Syria after a barrel bomb, suspected to be filled with chlorine gas, hit nearby. Once a house ... Chlorine gas attacks in Syria blamed on Assad The challenge of assessing Syria's chemical weapons |
Manila Standard Today | US, Coalition Continue Airstrikes Against ISIL Department of Defense WASHINGTON, May 23, 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 reported ... Military airstrikes continue against ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq Jihadists capture Iraq-Syria border US, Coalition continue airstrikes against ISIL in Syria, Iraq |
Stuff.co.nz | Kiwi in Syria wanting to negotiate return to Australia TVNZ A New Zealand woman in Syria is reportedly negotiating with the Australian authorities to return to Australia after travelling to Syria last year. The dual New Zealand-Australia citizen is offering information to Australian authorities to ensure she ... New Zealander in Syria wants to return to Australia, offers information on ... |