BBC News | Russian Moves in Syria Widen Role in Mideast New York Times WASHINGTON — Russia has sent some of its most modern battle tanks to a new air base in Syria in what American officials said Monday was part of an escalating buildup that could give Moscow its most significant military foothold in the Middle East in ... Russia 'plans forward air operating base' in Syria - US Russian Military Buildup in Syria Concerns US Officials Pentagon: Russia building forward air base in Syria |
Huffington Post | 'Syria is emptying' Washington Post IZMIR, Turkey — A new exodus of Syrians is fueling the extraordinary flow of migrants and refugees to Europe, as Syria's four-year-old war becomes the driving force behind the greatest migration of people to the continent since the Second World War ... The Days Of Awe And Syria Europe Faces Ugly Choices On Syria Amid Rising Refugee Tide Democrats, Republicans spar on US responsibility for Middle East turmoil ... |
New York Times | “With each passing day there are fewer safe places in Syria,” Paulo New York Times The Syrian government has repeatedly fired imprecise rockets and unguided bombs, according to the United Nations and other monitoring groups. Insurgent groups have used so-called “hell cannons” — improvised artillery devices fitted with explosive gas ... |
Huffington Post | A Brutal Reminder Of Why Syrians Are Fleeing To Europe Huffington Post Two car bombs exploded in the Syrian city of Hasaka on Monday, killing Kurdish forces, regime soldiers and more than a dozen civilians, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group. The bombings were part of an ongoing conflict ... Syria: On the front line in Damascus Syria conflict: No sign of Assad regime crumbling |
Reuters | Britain's Cameron urges support for Syrian refugees in Lebanon, Jordan Reuters Since 2011, the conflict in Syria has driven more than 4 million people into refugee camps in surrounding countries like Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon, and many others toward Europe. Lebanon has called on other countries to share its refugee burden. Taking in Syria's migrants may be merciful, but will add to its crippling ... British PM meets Syrian refugees in Lebanon Officials warn 20000 ISIS jihadis 'have infiltrated Syrian refugee camps' |
BBC News | Syria violence: Car bomb attacks 'kill 20' in Hassakeh BBC News Two car bombs in the Syrian city of Hassakeh have killed at least 20 people and injured 40, state TV reports. The first bomb hit Kurdish forces in the Khashman district, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a UK-based activist group, said. Twin suicide bomb blasts kill 26 in Syria's Hasakeh: monitor Two car bombs kill at least 26 people in eastern Syrian city: monitor, state media Up to 20 dead in suspected ISIS double car bomb attack in Syria - reports |
BBC News | Ending Syria war key to migrant crisis, says US general BBC News Ending the conflict in Syria and Iraq is key to solving the migrant crisis facing Europe, a senior US official has told the BBC. Gen John Allen, special presidential envoy for the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State (IS) group, said IS had to ... How to Begin to End the Syrian War |
Refugee Crisis: One Family's Journey From Syria to Germany NBCNews.com Most were originally from Syria: when asked why they had left their homes some pointed to the sky: "Boom." They carried only essentials — an old woman held medicine packets, water-stained from when the sea splashed into her boat on the journey from ... |
Financial Times | PM likely to push for Syria air strikes despite Corbyn opposition Financial Times Mr Corbyn, the national chair of the pacifist Stop the War coalition, rejects UK military action in Syria. A lifelong opponent of nuclear weapons, he once proposed that taxpayers should have a “right of conscience” to opt out of funding defence spending. Cameron prepared to bypass Corbyn to get Syria airstrikes backing David Cameron to seek Syria air strike vote backing from Labour rebels despite ... Cameron seeks consensus on bombing Syria in face of Corbyn opposition |
Bloomberg View | To Imagine Syria at Peace, Think of Bosnia Bloomberg View It took a temporary partition to end the war that tore apart Bosnia in the 1990s. Why not do the same for Syria? In one sense, a partitioned Syria is already visible, its contours drawn by the front lines of the civil war. President Bashar al-Assad has ... |