The New Yorker | Putin, Syria, and Why Moscow Has Gone War-Crazy The New Yorker The war in Syria, however, was supposed to offer Russia a chance to rehabilitate its image and re-start relations with the United States. Last year, Putin travelled to New York, where he addressed the United Nations and called for “a genuinely broad ... US broadens Syria talks after failure of truce deal with Russia US, Russia attempt restart of efforts to quell Syria violence Fresh wave of airstrikes hit Syria's divided city of Aleppo |
Sky News | Turkey pushes for safe zone plan in Syria Sky News But while Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and his EU counterparts meet to consider options for Aleppo, Turkish officials are already implementing a plan to create a safe zone stretching west from Jarabulus along the Turkey-Syria border for ... Syria Activists Say More Than 65 Killed in 3 Days in Aleppo Car bomb kills at least 17 near Syria-Turkey border crossing - CNN ... Syria war: Car bomb rocks rebel checkpoint in Azaz |
Reuters | Obama meets with national security team on Syria, Islamic State Reuters Reuters had reported that in the meeting Obama and his advisers would consider military and other options in Syria as Syrian and Russian aircraft continue to pummel the city of Aleppo and other targets, U.S. officials said. U.S. officials said they ... Obama Directs Security Council to Pursue Multilateral Talks on Syria Obama, national security team huddle on Syrian civil war |
Voice of America | Rebel Infighting Further Complicates Solution for Syria Voice of America “Syrian government troops are the primarily winner of this fighting,” said Rami Abdulraham, the group's head. “As the fighting among rebels is ongoing, regime forces have made large advances in Idlib and stopped a rebel offensive in the nearby province ... Rebel Advances in Central Syria Set Back by Infighting |
New York Times | Cut Ties to Donald Trump, Big Donors Urge RNC New York Times A video captured by a drone has documented the devastation in Aleppo, Syria. The footage focuses on one district after attacks by Syrian government forces and their Russian allies against rebel groups. After watching the footage, our architecture ... |
Fox News | Before Syria talks, Kerry visits Rwanda's genocide memorial Fox News Kerry toured the bleak reminder of Rwanda's 100 days of absolute carnage just hours before he was scheduled to depart for a new round of negotiations on Syria, today's worst tragedy. Among the diplomats he planned to meet was the foreign minister of ... |
RT | WikiLeaks: The two faces of Hillary Clinton on Syria RT “It is the strategic relationship between Iran and the regime of Bashar Assad in Syria that makes it possible for Iran to undermine Israel's security — not through a direct attack, which in the thirty years of hostility between Iran and Israel has ... A Syrian deadlock for years to come: Michael O'Hanlon - USA Today Winter response 2016-2017 Syria and Iraq crises Assad: Saudis offered aid in exchange for cutting ties between Syria and Iran |
Foreign Policy (blog) | US Pushing for International Action to Destroy Syria's Chlorine Stocks, Barrel Bombs Foreign Policy (blog) The Obama administration is mounting a new push to contain Syria's use of chemical weapons, asserting this week for the first time before an international panel that Damascus is obliged to destroy its legal stocks of chlorine and other industrial toxic ... |
Jerusalem Post Israel News | Tensions rise between Egypt and Saudi Arabia over Syria Jerusalem Post Israel News Saudi Arabia vehemently opposes Russia's military intervention in Syria on behalf of Syrian President Bashar Assad. It was the first public dispute between Egypt and Saudi Arabia since current Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ousted Islamist ... |
Daily Mail | Counter-ISIL Strikes Hit Terrorists in Syria, Iraq Department of Defense The strikes were conducted as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the operation to eliminate the ISIL terrorist group and the threat they pose to Iraq, Syria, and the wider international community. The destruction of ISIL targets in Syria and Iraq ... UK forces in Syria and Iraq have killed 1700 ISIS fighters in air strikes |