New York Times | At UN, World Leaders Spar Over Fate of Syria New York Times UNITED NATIONS — The leaders of the United States and Russia traded blunt criticisms on Monday at the United Nations, essentially blaming each other for the catastrophic war in Syria and the refugee crisis it helped to spawn. The speeches of President ... Obama and Putin outline competing visions on Syria Analysis: Could Putin End Syrian War? President Obama, Russia's Putin clash at United Nations over Syria |
Washington Post | Obama, Putin clash over Syria crisis at the United Nations Washington Post UNITED NATIONS — President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin clashed publicly Monday over their divergent positions on some of the world's great crises, with Obama suggesting that Putin's involvement in Syria and Ukraine was harmful to ... Obama, at UN, stakes out Syria position ahead of Putin meeting US begins diplomatic push on Syria Obama, Putin spar over Assad's role in Syria's future |
CNN | Officials: Russia appears to prepare for airstrikes in Syria CNN Russia did not move significantly more weapons into Syria over the weekend, two U.S. officials told CNN, but the country did make several moves to put itself in the position to launch airstrikes. Though Russia has also spoken out against ISIS, which ... Russia Forms Anti-ISIS Coalition with Iran, Syria What's Russia up to in Syria? I would wager they're after something big ... Former British general calls for no-fly zone over north-west Syria |
Foreign Policy (blog) | Russia, Iran, Iraq, and Syria to Share Intelligence on … Foreign Policy (blog) Weeks after expanding its military presence in Syria, Russia has announced a new intelligence-sharing agreement with Iran, Syria, and Iraq. Russian officials says the purpose of the agreement is to facilitate attacks against the Islamic State. Russian ... Iraq agrees to share intelligence with Russia, Iran and Syria |
Wall Street Journal | Syria War Tests Obama's Security Doctrine Wall Street Journal For President Barack Obama, it's increasingly clear that his problem is Syria. The mess there tails him as he moves around the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week. It produced some tense moments when he met Monday with Russian ... Obama at United Nations: We Must Stamp Out 'Apocalyptic Cult' ISIS |
CNBC | The Syrian angle that Putin may be playing CNBC Ahead of President Vladimir Putin's planned meeting with President Barack Obama on Monday, Russia is expanding its military operations in Syria. Though still small compared with U.S. capabilities in the region, Russia is believed to have warplanes in ... Syria crisis: Russia calls for coordinated resolution to Islamic State conflict |
Newsweek | The Real Reason Putin Is Sending Troops to Syria Newsweek Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, sixth right, attends prayers on the first day of Eid al-Adha at al-Adel mosque in Damascus, Syria, in this handout photograph released by Syria's national news agency SANA on September 24. Russia's intervention in ... United Nations: Putin says he can work with Obama despite trading barbs on ... Syria conflict: Russia wants 'co-ordination' against IS Iraq Strikes Intel Sharing Agreement With Russia, Syria, and… |
Soap Opera Stars Make Syrian Refugee's Dream Come True ABC News And no, not because the fearless 16-year-old Syrian refugee has finally, after weeks of hardship, reached Germany and reunited with her brother. It's because HBO's John Oliver made her dream come true when he reunited her two favorite soap opera stars, ... VIDEO: John Oliver Explains Why Taking In Syrian Refugees Will Actually Make ... |
Al Jazeera America | Iran-Saudi rift over Hajj decreases chances for solution to Syria Al Jazeera America NEW YORK — In the aftermath of a horrific stampede near Mecca that claimed the lives of possibly more than 1,000 pilgrims — many of them Iranian — relations between Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran have reached a new low. |
Jerusalem Post Israel News | IDF strikes Syrian military targets in response to stray fire into Israel Jerusalem Post Israel News Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said Syrian civil war battles were behind the stray fire into Israel on Saturday and Sunday. “From our perspective this is a violation of sovereignty and a crossing of a red line. The State of Israel has no intention of ... Israel strikes Syria after rocket fire Israel hits back after Golan rockets fired from Syria Israel shells Syrian army posts in retaliation for stray rockets |