Aljazeera.com (blog) | Russia vows military support for Syria Aljazeera.com (blog) Russia will continue its military support of Syria, including sending personnel to the embattled country, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies. "There were military supplies, they are ongoing and they will continue. Putin's Syria Play Syria group: Russia expanding major Syrian airport Russia expanding key Syrian airport, activists say |
Fox News | Democrats, Republicans spar on US responsibility for Middle East turmoil ... Fox News Washington Democrats and Republicans disagreed Sunday about how much the U.S. has contributed to the fighting and turmoil in Syria and elsewhere in the Middle East and about the extent to which America should help with the resulting refugee crisis in ... |
CBC.ca | Activist wanted by Assad regime reflects on Syrian civil war CBC.ca Adnan Mahameed is a wanted man in Syria. A mechanical engineer by trade and a human rights activist at heart, Mahameed, his wife and their four children are currently living in Montreal while he attends a one-year fellowship at McGill University geared ... |
Huffington Post | In Zabadani, Signs of a New and Worrying Iranian Strategy in Syria Huffington Post Amid promises from Iran of a peace plan for Syria, lets get one thing straight: The Islamic Republic is not negotiating over its key interests in Syria, but advancing them more directly, and possibly with less concern for Bashar al-Assad's fate ... |
USA TODAY | Accept more Syrian refugees: Our view USA TODAY The sheer size of the Syrian refugee crisis is staggering. Roughly 11 million people, almost half the nation's population, have fled their homes. About 4 million have left their country. And 250,000 have died in Syria's civil war since 2011. This ... Syria refugee crisis a no-win for Obama War has forced half of Syrians from their homes. Here's where they've gone. Syria conflict will displace another million people, says UN official |
Eyewitness News | 'Majority of French people favour sending troops to Syria' Eyewitness News PARIS - A majority of French people are in favour of sending troops to fight Islamic State militants in Syria, a prospect that President Francois Hollande has flatly ruled out, a poll released on Sunday showed. Some 56 percent of those questioned were ... |
NBCNews.com | Former US Amb. to Syria: Brutality of Mideast Regimes Fuel Refugee Crisis NBCNews.com The former American ambassador to Syria argued Sunday that dictators in the Middle East like Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad -- not U.S. policies -- are fueling the refugee crisis in the region. "You have to deal with the Assad problem. The ... |
CNN | Syrian refugees aren't a terrorist threat Toronto Star When Stephen Harper rebuffed calls to allow more Syrian refugees to settle in Canada, he raised the spectre of Islamic State fighters taking advantage of Canadians' generosity to carry out terrorist attacks on their soil. It's certainly possible that ... Sanders won't put a number on how many refugees US should accept Sanders: 'Impossible' to Say How Many Syrian Refugees to Accept Allowing Syrian refugees into US is 'reckless and dangerous' policy: Top House ... |
Muslim states urge UN force to help stem Syria tide Yahoo News Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) - The United Nations should consider a peacekeeping force for war-ravaged Syria to help curb the surge of refugees which is destabilising the region and beyond, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation said Sunday. |
Telegraph.co.uk | Airstrikes Continue Against ISIL Targets in Syria, Iraq Department of Defense SOUTHWEST ASIA, September 13, 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 ... Launch Syria air strikes to keep British streets safe, says Michael Fallon |