CNN | Russia to withdraw forces from Syria CNN (CNN) Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Monday that he has ordered Russian forces to begin withdrawing from Syria, saying they have achieved their goals in the country. The pullback will begin Tuesday, the state-run Sputnik news agency ... Putin Orders Start of Syria Withdrawal, Saying Goals Are Achieved Putin withdrawing Russian forces from Syria: why now and why it matters Putin orders Russian troops to begin pulling out of Syria |
U.S. News & World Report | The Latest: UN council says Russia out of Syria is positive U.S. News & World Report UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, Staffan de Mistura , informs the media at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, March 14, 2016. Mistura calls peace talks "a moment of truth," says the "only ... UN's Syria envoy warns of attempts to derail peace talks Signs of Hope Five Years After Start of Syria's War Syria conflict: New talks are 'moment of truth' says UN |
New York Times | Your Monday Evening Briefing: Donald Trump, Angela Merkel, Syria New York Times Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, ordered his forces to begin withdrawing from Syria. He cited the “overall completion” of his efforts to bolster President Bashar al-Assad. The move, which appeared to take the U.S. and its allies by surprise, came on ... |
UNHCR (press release) | UNHCR - Syria conflict at five years UNHCR (press release) The biggest refugee and displacement crisis of our time demands a huge surge in solidarity. Syrian peace talks begin, but the migrant crisis remains dire | PBS ... |
Fox News | ISIS 'minister of war' killed in US airstrike in Syria, defense official says Fox News Tarkhan Tayumurazovich Batirashvili, also known as Abu Umar al-Shishani or "Umar the Chechen" -- who was the ISIS equivalent of the Secretary of Defense -- was initially injured in an airstrike on March 4 near the Syrian town of Al Shadaddi, a former ... Top Islamic State commander dead a week after US-led airstrike in Syria |
New York Times | One-Third of Syrian Children Were Born During War, Unicef Report Finds New York Times In all, Unicef estimated that 8.4 million Syrian children, or 80 percent of Syria's 18-and-under population, are in urgent need of humanitarian aid, either in Syria or in neighboring countries. The report added to a body of measurements about the ... Syria's Children Of War: Young Lives Among Hardest Hit As Conflict Reaches 5-year Point Don't look now, but peace in Syria may be inching closer Syrian war creates child refugees and child soldiers: report |
The Guardian | Syria's civil war: five years of Guardian reporting The Guardian Allowing Syrians to cross the border but not to speak appeared to be part of a delicate Turkish balance as it positioned itself between Damascus and the west. One Syrian, 39-year-old Abu Majid, however told the Guardian how his besieged hometown of ... Has the world betrayed Syria? |
BBC News | BBC News - Syria: Five years into war, what is left of the country? BBC News The war in Syria has raged for five years and claimed the lives of more than a quarter of a million people. Millions have fled the conflict, but nearly 18 million ... Syria: A different country after five years of war - BBC News - BBC.com |
RT | War on ISIS: Russia's Syria anti-terror op in 10 intense videos — RT ... RT Russia's wide-reaching anti-terrorist campaign has helped to stabilize the situation on the ground in Syria and has paved the way for a ceasefire and ... |
The Guardian | 'Almost 1500 killed in chemical weapons attacks' in Syria The Guardian “In response to chemical attacks in Syria, the international community sends us more antidotes,” Mohammed Tennari, a doctor in the rebel-held province of Idlib, is quoted as saying in the report. “This means that the world knows that chemical weapons ... Report: More than 160 chemical attacks documented in Syria |