New York Times | Image of a Small, Still Syrian Boy Brings Migration Crisis Into Focus New York Times The case of this young boy's doomed journey has landed as a political bombshell across the Middle East and Europe, and even countries as far away as Canada, which has up to now not been a prominent player in the Syria crisis. Canadian officials were ... Syria, Europe, and the Boy on the Beach Father of Drowned Syrian Boy Aylan Kurdi Wants to Return to Syria Father of drowned boy Aylan Kurdi plans to return to Syria |
Newsweek | Why Is Putin Sending Troops to Syria? Newsweek Russian President Vladimir Putin (right), Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (left) and Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem (back to camera) attend a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, June 29. Russia's involvement in Syria is growing very fast ... Has Russia entered the Syrian Civil War? Kremlin aircraft 'spotted' after ISIS ... Russia's involvement in Syria might be ramping up Syria civil war: Russians filmed fighting alongside President Assad's forces |
The Guardian | Why I tweeted the photo of the dead Syrian toddler Washington Post The photograph of the drowned little Syrian boy who washed up on a Turkish beach (the image is not included in this post but is available here) has gone viral on social media, turning him into a symbol of the suffering of Syrians and their desperate ... Cameron bows to pressure to let in more Syrian refugees Syria conflict: 'Global failure' to protect refugees US under new pressure to absorb Syrian refugees as Europe faces crisis |
The Guardian | Syrian refugee crisis: senators call on US to take in thousands more The Guardian Aid groups and at least 14 senators have called on the US government to take in thousands more Syrian refugees by the end of 2016, amid international outcry prompted by shocking images of a three-year-old boy's body lying face down in the surf in Turkey. |
Yahoo News | How will Syria's war end? Other civil wars suggest an answer. Washington Post Syria's civil war seems unstoppable. In four years, it has killed 250,000, displaced half the country's pre-war population of 23 million, and given birth to the Islamic State, which promises to conquer the region and inspire lone-wolf terrorist attacks ... Iran submits peace plan to Syria's Assad: official |
BBC News | Migrant crisis: Why Syrians do not flee to Gulf states BBC News As the crisis brews over Syrian refugees trying to enter European countries, questions have been raised over why they are not heading to wealthy Gulf states closer to home. Although those fleeing the Syrian crisis have for several years been crossing ... |
Wall Street Journal | Syrian Refugees Take Arctic Route to Europe Wall Street Journal OSLO—After several failed attempts to reach Europe from Turkey, a 31-year-old Syrian asylum seeker found refuge in Norway's capital last week after riding a bicycle across Russia's Arctic border with Norway. A first endeavor to cross the border by car ... |
The Guardian | Mother believed to be bound for Syria with children arrested on return to UK The Guardian A mother thought to have been planning to travel to Syria with her four children has been arrested after returning to the UK. Zahera Tariq, 33, was detained in Turkey on Tuesday along with her sons Muhammad, 12, Amaar, 11, Aadid, four and daughter ... Mother Arrested After Syria Travel Fears |
CBC.ca | Icelanders offer up homes to Syrian refugees CBC.ca Icelandic volunteers, supporters from other countries and many who purport to be Syrians attempting to find their way to Iceland have all posted to the page. Bjorgvinsdottir has offered to pay for the flights of five Syrians and house them with a friend. Demand to open doors to Syrians spreading online Icelanders call on government to take in more Syrian refugees Thousands of Icelanders Have Volunteered to Take Syrian Refugees Into Their Homes |
Fox News | Head of UN investigative panel on Syria calls IS 'desperate' Fox News Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, chair of a U.N. Human Rights Council investigative panel on Syria, made the comments to The Associated Press after it issued a new report on Syria's civil war. It said the Islamic State group has resorted to tactics like hit-and ... |