Washington Post | Fearing abandonment by Trump, CIA-backed rebels in Syria mull alternatives Washington Post Three years after the CIA began secretly shipping lethal aid to rebels fighting against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, battlefield losses and fears that a Donald Trump administration will abandon them have left tens of thousands of opposition ... Syria: Thousands of Aleppo's Displaced Pack Market Shelter Syrian forces seize half of Aleppo's east from rebels Aleppo siege: Syria rebels lose 50% of territory |
Wall Street Journal | Islamic State Girds to Defend Remote Syria Outpost Wall Street Journal As U.S.-backed forces pursue high-profile offensives on Islamic State's two remaining major strongholds, the militants are quietly bracing to make a last stand in a remote resource-rich Syrian province, according to residents and the group's fighters. |
U.S. News & World Report | The Latest: Iran and Russia reaffirm alliance in Syria war U.S. News & World Report 27, 2016 file photo provided by the Rumaf, a Syrian Kurdish activist group, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows people fleeing rebel-held eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo into the Sheikh Maqsoud area that is ... |
Fox News | Dozens of civilians killed in strikes in Syria and Iraq, US-led coalition reports Fox News After months of review, the U.S.-led coalition confirmed Thursday that July airstrikes in northern Syria near Manbij killed 24 civilians who were mixed in with Islamic State militants. The total is far fewer than the more than 50 dead initially ... US-led coalition in Iraq and Syria acknowledges 54 civilians killed in airstrikes Syria conflict: US coalition admits killing civilians in Manbij Why US airstrikes are still killing Syrian civilians even with the most high-tech targeting technology |
Los Angeles Times | Californian killed in Syria is remembered as humble, dedicated to Kurdish cause Los Angeles Times He was a committed activist, as well as a “real funny guy,” according to his colleagues on the front lines in northern Syria. To his comrades in arms, he was a good fighter, one who said he feared cameras more than bullets. And to friends at home in ... An Amador County man died in support of a Kurdish cause in Syrian. (Dec. 2, 2016) American Volunteer Who Died Fighting in Syria Was Kurd Loyalist Islamic State, Kurdish battle for Raqqa key to Syria's fate |
The Age | Wait and see for Trump's policy on Syria The Age According to the just published book, The Age of Jihad by Patrick Cockburn, Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the former Saudi ambassador to the US and head of Saudi intelligence until 2014, was a key player in directing Saudi support for rebels in Syria. |
Center for Research on Globalization | Denmark Withdraws from Airstrikes in Syria and Iraq, allegedly against ISIS-Daesh Center for Research on Globalization Last Friday December 2, Denmark has announced officially that it will suspend its participation in airstrikes on Syria and Iraq. In this press note of The Local, we read that Danish Foreign Ministry Anders Samuelsen stated that “We have decided to ... Denmark to pull fighter jets out of Syria and Iraq Denmark to pull jets from Syria and Iraq Denmark to withdraw air force from Syria, Iraq |
Japan looks to Russia's further constructive role in Syria TASS MOSCOW, December 3. /TASS/. Japan expects that Russia will continue to play a constructive role in Syria, Japanese Foreign Ministry's Deputy Press Secretary Masato Otaka told a news conference on Saturday. "We have looked at the situation in Syria. |
Why is Iran backing Syria's Bashar al-Assad? Aljazeera.com In this week's UpFront, Mehdi Hasan speaks to Iranian Vice President and Head of Iran's Environmental Protection Organisation, Masoumeh Ebtekar, on her country's support for Bashar al-Assad in Syria, and Iran's advances in the fight against climate ... |
New York Post | UN states seeking resolution to demand end to fighting in Syria Reuters UNITED NATIONS The United Nations General Assembly began talks on Friday on a draft resolution that would demand an end to fighting in Syria amid frustration by some states and rights groups over U.N. Security Council deadlock on the nearly six-year ... As Syria burns, the United Nations again bashes … Israel UN passes resolution calling on Israel to withdraw from Syria's Golan Heights |