BBC News | Are UK bombs making a difference in Syria? BBC News It is now a month since MPs voted in support of UK military action against the group known as Islamic State (IS) in Syria. On the same night that parliament gave its approval RAF Tornados launched their first air strikes on the Omar oil fields. Newly ... RAF bomb raids in Syria dismissed as 'non-event' Keep calm & carry on flying: Russian pilots see in New Year amid sorties from ... |
The Guardian | Coalition Strikes ISIL in Syria, Iraq Department of Defense SOUTHWEST ASIA, January 2, 2016 — U.S. and coalition military forces have continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. Officials ... US, French Planes Hit Islamic State Sites In Iraq, Syria |
Aljazeera.com | Healing on the Syria-Turkey border Aljazeera.com Yet throughout Syria, it has becoming increasingly difficult for victims to access life-saving care. Government hospitals are inaccessible or carry the risk of detention, while medical facilities in opposition-controlled areas are regularly targeted by ... Syrians and Turkey II Neighborhood in İstanbul like New York's Chinatown for Syrians |
Reuters | US-backed alliance advances against Islamist groups in Syria's north: spokesman Reuters Fighters from the Democratic Forces of Syria seized the village of Tanab near the town of Azaz after heavy clashes with the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front and the powerful Ahrar al Sham, spokesman Talal Selo told Reuters. "We liberated Tanab," he said. |
Center for Research on Globalization | Syria is the Middle East's Stalingrad Center for Research on Globalization During the last 3 years I worked in almost all of Syria's perimeters, exposing the birth of ISIS in the NATO-run camps built in Turkey and Jordan. I worked in the occupied Golan Heights, and in Iraq. I also worked in Lebanon, a country now forced to ... Syria is the Middle Eastern Stalingrad |
Advocate.com | ISIS Murders Teenage Boy for Being 'Gay' in Syria Advocate.com Militants with the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria have reportedly thrown a 15-year-old boy from the roof of a building in the northern Syrian city of Deir ez-Sor, reports ARA News. Friday's execution is the latest report of deadly violence ... |
RT | Syrian army leads offensive in key southern Daraa province - RT's Murad ... RT The Syrian army has been storming the southern Daraa province in an effort recapture Al Sheikh Maskin, the town they call the “crossroads of the south” from the terrorists, wiping those out toward the Jordanian border. RT's Murad Gazdiev is on the spot. |
The Independent | War in Syria: Up to 40000 civilians are starving in besieged Madaya, say ... The Independent Up to 40,000 civilians are slowly starving to death in the Syrian town of Madaya, activists have warned, after six months under a punishing siege. Encircled by land mines and forces from the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, hundreds are suffering from ... |
CNN | US blasts Russian "indiscriminate attacks" in Syria CNN (CNN) The U.S. sharpened its criticism of Russian airstrikes in Syria on Tuesday, charging that "indiscriminate attacks" had reportedly caused hundreds of civilian casualties and the displacement of over 100,000 residents. "We've seen a marked and ... Russian airstrikes kill over 2300 in Syria, says human rights group US criticizes Russia over civilian deaths in Syria US sees bearable costs, key goals met for Russia in Syria so far |
Haaretz | The Lost Generation of Syrian Youth Haaretz The Lost Generation of Syrian Youth. Some 1.5 million Syrian children are living in the refugee camps of Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon. Even if the civil war ended tomorrow, it will take years for any sense of normality to return to their homeland, too ... Lebanon now home to over 1.2m Syrian refugees |