Military Times | Russia and China block Syria truce in UN vote Military Times UNITED NATIONS — Russia and China used their veto power in the U.N. Security Council to block a draft resolution on Monday calling for a seven-day humanitarian truce in the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo, leading the U.S. representative to accuse them ... Syria war: Russia, China vote against Aleppo ceasefire 2 Russian nurses killed in rebel shelling of Syria's Aleppo Russia, China veto UN demand for seven-day truce in Syria |
BBC News | Syria Iraq conflict: Is victory any closer? BBC News In Syria, the battle for Aleppo looks to be heading for its conclusion. It could still be some days away, but pro-government forces now seem to have the momentum and an unassailable advantage. Meanwhile, Kurdish and Arab militias, backed up by Western ... |
CBC.ca | Drawings of Syria: Child refugees colour horrors of war CBC.ca Each child drew one picture based on their memories from Syria and one picture of their new lives in British Columbia. The picture above was drawn by Zainab, 11, from Idlib, Syria, and the next one is her younger brother Mahmoud's version of Canada. |
Bloomberg | Putin Jumps on Trump's Syria Pivot to Strengthen Hand in Mideast Bloomberg Vladimir Putin is seizing on President-elect Donald Trump's pledge to reverse U.S. policy on Syria to press for a military victory that could mark Russia's return as a great-power rival in the wider Middle East. With Trump vowing to focus on defeating ... Ruslan Pukhov: Pulling Back the Veil on the Syrian Conflict |
Business Insider | KERRY: Not enforcing Obama's red line in Syria 'cost' the US considerably in the Middle East Business Insider The Obama administration's failure to enforce the "red line" it drew for intervention in Syria against President Bashar Assad in 2013 "cost" the US "significantly" in the Middle East, US Secretary of State John Kerry said at the annual Saban Forum on ... Kerry: Obama's failure to enforce red line in Syria came at a cost |
The National Interest Online | What Regional States Are—and Aren't—Doing for Syria's Refugees The National Interest Online Seventy-eight years later, over five million Palestinians live in the refugee camps administered by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Lebanon, Syria, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. St. Paul City Council urges more Syrian refugees in city and state 7 Things Everyone Needs To Know About Syrian Refugees |
The Times of Israel | Russian jet crashes in failed carrier landing near Syria The Times of Israel “After carrying out its military assignment in Syrian airspace, a Su-33 fighter rolled beyond the deck of the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier during landing due to breakage of the arresting cable,” the defense ministry said in a statement quoted by ... Russian jet crashes near Syria Russian Navy jet crashes into the Mediterranean after bombing raid in Syria Russian Aircraft Carrier Off Syria Loses Second Fighter Jet In Weeks |
Express.co.uk | Fears for girl, 7, tweeting about Syria war as government forces advance into Aleppo Express.co.uk Bana Alabed, whose @AlabedBana account managed by her mother Fatemah, has close to 200,000 followers since joining the social media site in September to tweet about Syria. Earlier today there were concerns for Bana's safety when her account went ... Aleppo offensive sparks concerns over 7-year-old who has tweeted about tragedy Where is Bana? Fears for Syrian girl who tweeted from Aleppo A Young Syrian Girl's Twitter Account Was Deleted. Her Followers Are Worried |
Aljazeera.com | Suspected Russian warplanes bomb Idlib, dozens killed Aljazeera.com At least 73 people have been killed in suspected Russian air strikes on several areas of Idlib province in northwest Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, as government forces advanced in fierce clashes with rebels in east Aleppo. Suspected Russian Airstrikes Kill At Least 46 in Northwest Syria If abandoned by US, Syrian 'moderates' may get in bed with jihadists, report warns 11 civilians killed in Syrian airstrikes |
RT | EU's Syria Plan B sees Assad staying, Brussels paying for it – Times RT “Political transition” is a term used by all foreign stakeholders in the Syrian conflict to describe an end to hostilities and the forming of a new system of governance in the country, though various parties have vastly different views on what that ... |