New York Times | For Those Who Remain in Syria, Daily Life Is a Nightmare New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon — Every morning, at the dawn call to prayer, women and children move silently from the Damascus suburb of Douma to the surrounding farm fields, seeking safety from the day's bombardments by the Syrian government. The walk is part of ... |
BBC News | Syria conflict: US presses Russia on military build-up BBC News US Secretary of State John Kerry has called his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in a bid to clarify the intent of Moscow's military build-up in Syria, a state department official said. Mr Kerry also warned that continued support for President Bashar ... Putin defends Moscow's deliveries of weapons to Syrian army Australia carries out airstrikes in Syria0:35 Putin's troubling Syria gambit |
ABC Online | Australia Deploys First Bombs On Islamic State Forces In Syria Huffington Post Australia (blog) Australia has dropped its first bombs on IS targets in Syria, after former Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced the air program to supplement the ongoing flight mission above Iraq. The daily briefing from US Central Command listed Australia for the ... Australian fighter jet carries out first air strike inside Syria Australia launches first air strikes inside Syria Australian fighter jets bomb Isis tank in east Syria airstrike, says Kevin Andrews |
U.S. News & World Report | Syria's New Capital: Istanbul U.S. News & World Report The Interior Ministry says the Syrians have dispersed to 72 of 81 Turkish provinces. According to last year's numbers, Istanbul alone had 330,000 Syrians, more refugees than the whole of Europe. Istanbul has become the new “capital” for Syrians ... 'Syria is emptying' Syria's refugees are a golden opportunity for Europe The people who fled Syria for Lebanon – in pictures |
BBC News | How can the war in Syria be stopped? CNN Pro-government protesters hold pictures of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his late father, Hafez al-Assad, during a rally in Damascus, Syria, on March 18, 2011. Bashar al-Assad has ruled Syria since 2000, when his father passed away following 30 ... Ending Syria war key to migrant crisis, says US general Solving Syria in the Security Council |
The Atlantic | Counting the Dead in Syria The Atlantic On Monday, The New York Times published an infographic, “Death in Syria,” that presents the more than 200,000 combatants and noncombatants who have been killed in the four-and-a-half-year Syrian civil war. The Times's website relies upon estimates ... |
360-degree video lets you step inside the devastation of Syria's civil war The Verge A Syrian news agency has published a new report that allows viewers to see the devastation of Syria's civil war in 360-degree video. As French newspaper Le Parisien reports, the video was shot by a Syrian journalist in the northwest city of Jisr al ... |
The Nation. | Are Iran and Russia Risking Their Own Vietnam in Syria? The Nation. This summer's long battle for Zabadani in Syria continued this weekend, with a difference. Some reports suggested a decisive Iranian troop intervention. Only partisan news items are coming out of the key frontier town near the Syria-Lebanon border, and ... |
Yahoo News | Suicide Attack in Northeastern Syrian City Kills 7 ABC News A suicide car bomber struck in a predominantly Kurdish city in northeastern Syria on Tuesday, killing seven people, a day after twin car bombings in the same city killed at least 32, including 19 civilians. Also on Tuesday, insurgents shelled five ... Rebel rockets kill 38 in Syria's Aleppo: monitor Syria violence: Car bomb attacks 'kill 20' in Hassakeh Two car bombs kill at least 26 people in eastern Syrian city: monitor, state media |
ABC News | Twin 12-Year-old Syrian Refugees Detail Their Dangerous Journey ABC News Twin 12-year-old Syrian boys appeared animated and happy to chat when they met an ABC News reporter at the Serbian border town of Horgos but that didn't stop them from opening up about how harrowing the journey has been. They identified themselves ... |