New York Times | US-Russia Deal on a Partial Truce in Syria Raises More Doubt Than Optimism New York Times WASHINGTON — The United States and Russia announced an agreement on Monday for a partial truce in Syria, though the caveats and cautious words on all sides underscored the obstacles in the way of the latest diplomatic effort to end the five-year-old ... Partial truce in Syria to start at midnight Friday, Putin says United States and Russia agree to a partial cease-fire in Syria A Ceasefire in Syria? |
New York Times | UN Finds 'Deliberate' Destruction of Hospitals in Syria New York Times That is the harrowing picture painted by the latest report of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on the war in Syria. The report, released Monday, chronicles a series of attacks on health care centers by government forces and the Islamic State ... UN on Syria: Major Powers Feeding 'Military Escalation' UN: War Crimes 'Rampant' in Syria |
Wall Street Journal | US, Russia Agree to Implement Syria Cease-Fire Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON—The U.S. and Russia agreed to implement a cease-fire in Syria beginning Saturday, in what the two sides again said they hoped would be a crucial step toward ending the country's five-year war. However, officials cautioned that significant ... |
Washington Post | Concerns in Saudi Arabia over signs of more military involvement in Syria Washington Post RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia is flexing its muscles as pro-government forces in Syria's civil war make sweeping advances, but concerns have mounted about its expanding military involvement in the conflict. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's ... Encountering hundreds of thousands of Syrian ghosts How the Syrian Conflict Could Lead to a Clash Between Russia and NATO Saudis Want To Arm Syrian Rebels With Anti-Air Missiles To Counter Russia |
Deutsche Welle | Russia's game of wedge politics in Syria Deutsche Welle America may have jumped the gun on accusing Russia of war crimes by bombing a MSF hospital in northern Syria last week killing 25 people, as it seems the doctor's charity did not provide either the Russians or the Syrian government with its GPS ... Turkey says it has right to launch strikes in Syria Syrian Ceasefire: Why Situation May 'Spin Out of Control' Turkey has right to conduct ops in Syria, elsewhere to protect itself from terrorists – Erdogan |
UN News Centre | Syria 'reduced to ruins,' with civilians paying the biggest price, says UN human rights panel UN News Centre The new report of the Commission of Inquiry on Syria, a body mandated by the UN Human Rights Commission, to investigate and record all violations of international law since March 2011, details the catastrophic destruction of civilian infrastructure ... |
Fox News | Syria: Violence and refugee plight worsening despite diplomatic deals Fox News While the U.S. and Russia have announced “preliminary agreement” on the “cessation of hostilities” in Syria, humanitarian workers warn that the violence on the ground remains unchecked, and the situation is worsening for tens of thousands of additional ... |
BBC News | How one family from Syria say they were separated by UK immigration rules BBC News She left the UK for Syria to marry her Syrian husband Ahmed and live in Damascus. But when she became pregnant, the couple decided to leave the country which is in the middle of a civil war. As a British citizen Amira was able to return to the UK ... |
The Guardian | Ex-UK student clocks up air miles on mission to rebrand Syrian Islamists The Guardian Labib al-Nahhas is the “foreign affairs minister” for Ahrar al-Sham, agroup that has fought in alliances with al-Qaida's Syrian franchise, and aims to establish a Sunni theocracy in Syria. One of its original leaders also had personal connections with ... |
The Independent | Syria civil war: The untold story of the siege of two small Shia villages - and how the world turned a blind eye The Independent This is the untold story of the three-and-a-half-year siege of two small Shia Muslim villages in northern Syria. Although their recapture by the Syrian army – and by Iranian Revolutionary Guards and Iraqi Shia militias – caught headlines for a few ... |