New York Times | UN Envoy for Syria Seeks to Resume Peace Talks New York Times The United Nations special envoy for Syria said Wednesday that he had invited a range of Syrians to participate in what he described as preparatory, separate discussions on how to restart peace talks after more than four years of war. In a briefing to ... UN mediator proposes Syria working groups on roadmap to peace UN Says Too Soon for New Syrian Peace Conference UN's Syria point man says warring groups too far apart for peace talks |
Bloomberg View | U.S. Shoots Down Idea of Syria Safe Zone Bloomberg View Days after the U.S. and Turkey announced a breakthrough deal to fight together against the Islamic State, U.S. officials are insisting that -- contrary to reports -- there are definitely no U.S. plans for a "safe zone" inside Syria. In fact, there ... The US plan for an ISIS-free zone in Syria, explained Turkish military builds 2.5 meter-high, rocket-proof wall on Syria border What does Turkey's involvement in air strikes mean for Kurds, Isil, Syria and ... |
Haaretz | Reports: Israel strikes targets in Syria, Lebanon in two separate attacks Haaretz Foreign reports on Wednesday attributed two separate strikes - one in Syria and one in Lebanon - to Israeli forces. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said two Hezbollah operatives and three Syrian militiamen of the National Defense Forces were ... Syria accuses Israel of two separate attacks in Quneitra, Bekaa Valley Israeli drone strike in Syria kills two near frontier: Hezbollah's al-Manar TV Israeli Drone Attack Reported in Syria; At Least 3 Killed |
The Guardian | The toll of extremism: 50 Britons killed fighting for Syria and Iraq militants The Guardian While 17 Britons have died fighting either the Assad regime in Syria or the Iraqi government, many of those recorded killed over the last two and a half years have been caught up in the complex web of insurgency politics, in a Syrian civil war which is ... 50 Britons killed fighting for jihadists in Syria, including 8 teens |
Fox News | Surge of Syrian refugees into US stirs security concerns Fox News Syria's bloody civil war has brought the country's largest number of refugees and asylum-seekers to the United States in a decade, and thousands more are expected in 2016. But with the influx comes mounting concerns over whether the Obama ... |
The Conversation UK | Syria: counting the humanitarian cost euronews “Syria today, amongst sadly and appallingly an enlarging pool of humanitarian need and human misery across the many parts of the world, but notably in this region, is the most acute, unrelenting and shameful blot on the world's humanitarian conscience ... Startling new concessions made by Syria's desperate president Syrian Rebels Make Fresh Gains 'Syria is history,' Bashar Assad tells us |
UN News Centre | Syria's grim statistics 'speak for themselves,' reflect need for political ... UN News Centre 28 July 2015 – A political solution is more urgent than ever to end the “futile, hopeless” cycle of brutality and violence in Syria, the top United Nations humanitarian official said today, urging the Security Council to consider its options through ... UN struggling to get aid to Syrians, Security Council told |
Anti-ISIL Airstrikes in Iraq, Syria Continue Department of Defense SOUTHWEST ASIA, July 29, 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 ... |
CNN | American joins Kurds to fight ISIS in Syria CNN Turkish mourners grieve over a coffin during a funeral ceremony in Gaziantep on Tuesday, July 21, for the victims of a suspected ISIS suicide bomb attack. That bombing killed at least 31 people Monday, July 20, in Suruc, a Turkish town that borders Syria. Retreating ISIS Left 'Thousands' of Mines in Syrian City of Hasakah: Kurds Father leaves NYC to fight ISIS in Syria |
Express.co.uk | Police arrest woman with three children at airport over Syria-bound terror fears Express.co.uk West Midlands Police said the suspect, from Leicester, was detained at 9.40am "on suspicion of preparing to travel to Syria to engage in terrorism." Counter-terror police are now searching the 30-year-old woman's home and another associated address. Woman Held 'Trying To Reach Syria' With Children Woman arrested at Birmingham Airport on suspicion of travelling to Syria with ... Leicester woman arrested at Birmingham Airport on suspicion of travelling to Syria |