TIME | Why Three British Sisters Took Their Children to Join Jihadists in Syria TIME What happened between members of the family in that house may provide clues for police and relatives who have spent more than a week trying to understand why Zohra Dawood and 11 other family members went missing and are believed to be in Syria. Parents of women thought to be in Syria speak of family's 'great distress' Bradford sisters have crossed into Syria, says Isis people smuggler Bradford Schools Not Told Of Family's Syria Link |
New York Times | ISIS-Imposed Fuel Embargo Threatens Syria's Medical Centers New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon — Islamic State fighters are preventing fuel shipments from reaching rebel-held parts of northern Syria, causing severe shortages that are grounding ambulances, paralyzing medical centers and shutting down bakeries, according to ... IS Digs Trenches, Cuts Fuel to Syria Islamic State-imposed fuel embargo threatens Syria's medical centres Isis imposes fuel blockade on rebel-held northern Syria |
Newsweek | Inside Israel's Secret War in Syria Newsweek In February, Sudki al-Makt was driving through the Golan Heights, a mountainous plateau that Israel has occupied since 1973, when he arrived at a military base near the Syrian border. An Israeli soldier came out to ask him to turn around, and the two ... Syria's Druze under threat as conflict spreads Israelis watch intently as Syrian rebel forces approach Golan Heights border Israeli Druse mobilize for their Syrian brothers, fearing the worst |
Chicago Tribune | Kurds savor victory over ISIL in Syria USA TODAY AKCAKALE, Turkey — In the war against the Islamic State, few Syrian fighting factions have proved as effective as Syrian Kurds known as the YPG. But Kurdish military officials expressed reluctance Thursday to use their newfound momentum to launch an ... A new strategy in Iraq and Syria |
ABC Online | Russian president Vladimir Putin reaffirms support for Syria's Bashar al-Assad ... ABC Online Russian president Vladimir Putin has reaffirmed his country's support for Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad and says he opposes any use of external force to try to end the Syrian civil war. Mr Putin showed no sign of wavering in his policy of trying to ... Putin: I'm Concerned Syria Will End Up Like Libya And Iraq Syria pro-regime tribes reject Jordanian king's support Putin reaffirms support for Syria's Assad, hopes for Iran deal soon |
Pope chides world powers for failing to push for peace in Syria Religion News Service Afternoon prayer at the St. George Church in the historic Assyrian Christian town of Alqosh in the Nineveh Plain of Iraqi Kurdistan. Locals adhere to the Chaldeon Catholic religion. The town was nearly overrun by Islamic fighters earlier this summer ... |
The Guardian | We share responsibility for Syria's murderous stalemate. We must come together ... The Guardian The 3,823rd person to be interviewed by the Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic was a 16-year-old boy recovering from massive injuries in a hospital in a neighbouring country. His injuries were too severe to be treated inside Syria, where ... Lebanon foreign minister calls for refugee camps inside Syria Richard Godwin: It shames us to turn our backs on Syria's refugees UN Official Calls for End to Syria Stalemate |
The Guardian | Snap inspections at Tower Hamlets schools amid Syria runaway fears The Guardian In February, three teenagers from a school in Tower Hamlets, Bethnal Green Academy, are believed to have travelled to areas of Syria controlled by Islamic State. In March, it was revealed that travel bans had been imposed on a further five pupils at ... Ofsted inspectors swoop on east London schools to check attendance registers ... |
Newsweek | Syrian Doctors Detail Horror of Chemical Weapons Attacks to Congress Newsweek Syrian doctors and war-trauma specialists presented evidence of continued chemical and barrel bombs attacks on Syrian civilians in an address to the House Foreign Affairs Committee Wednesday and asked for assistance in implementing a no-fly zone over ... Claims of Syrian Chlorine Bombs Counter News of Progress on Chemical Arms Kerry: Syrian regime 'absolutely' used chlorine in attacks US weighs near-term Assad military retrenchment in Syria |
Yahoo News | Russia talking with US on assigning blame for Syria gas attacks Yahoo News UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia said it has made some suggestions on how blame could be determined for chemical weapons attacks in war-torn Syria and will discuss the issue on Friday with the United States, which is pushing for the creation of a ... |