BBC News | Syria conflict: Truce in danger of collapse - Obama and UN BBC News President Obama and UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura have said they fear the fragile truce in Syria is collapsing. In the latest violence, 18 people were reported to have died in government air strikes in Aleppo and a Syrian warplane was said to have ... Deadly airstrikes hit northern Syria as talks stall Russian Military Buildup Near Aleppo, Syria, Threatens Truce, Kerry Warns Syria's ceasefire is collapsing, and Russia seems ready to get back into the fight |
Washington Post | Deadly airstrikes in Syria further strain cease-fire as peace talks near collapse Washington Post ISTANBUL — Fresh air raids and deadly clashes across Syria are threatening to unravel the country's already fragile cease-fire, activists and rights monitors said Friday. The renewed fighting comes as peace talks brokered by the United Nations also ... Deadly airstrikes hit Syria's Aleppo as ceasefire unravels Air strikes on Syria's Aleppo kill 25 At least 10 killed in government air strikes in Syria's Aleppo: monitor |
New York Times | Frozen Life in Wartime Syria New York Times Syria has now endured five years of war. We know the figures that illustrate that time passing: as many as 470,000 dead; nearly five million refugees; some six million displaced inside the battered country. The opposition walked out of peace talks in ... |
Washington Post | The Latest: IS says its fighters captured Syrian pilot Washington Post BEIRUT — The Latest on Syria's civil war (all times local): 12:30 a.m.. The Islamic State group says its fighters have captured a Syrian pilot after his plane was shot down near Damascus. The IS-affiliated Aamaq news agency on Friday posted a video ... Syria warplane crashes due to technical fault: Army Warplane crashes near Damascus, causes unclear: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights Syrian warplane 'shot down' after flying over Isis-controlled territory |
Wall Street Journal | US Acknowledges Killing Another 20 Civilians in Iraq and Syria Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON—U.S. military officials said Friday nine American airstrikes in Iraq and Syria likely killed 20 civilians, bringing the total number of civilians the U.S. has acknowledged to have killed during its campaign against Islamic State to 41. U.S ... US acknowledges more civilian deaths from airstrikes in Syria, Iraq US says airstrikes in Iraq and Syria have killed at least 20 civilians since fall US admits more civilian deaths in Iraq and Syria strikes |
Newsweek | ISIS Carrying Out Brutal Killings in Syria's Yarmouk Refugee Camp Newsweek ISIS Middle East Yarmouk Syria Residents wait to receive food aid distributed by the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) at the besieged al-Yarmouk camp, south of Damascus, January 31, 2014. ISIS has gained control of the majority of the camp, ... |
Fox News | ISIS suspect reveals plans to open up route from Syria to US through Mexico Fox News One of the American men accused in Minnesota of trying to join the Islamic State group wanted to open up routes from Syria to the U.S. through Mexico, prosecutors said. Guled Ali Omar told the ISIS members about the route so that it could be used to ... |
CNN | Brussels Airport suicide bomber identified as ISIS jailer in Syria CNN Brussels, Belgium (CNN) The attorney for two former hostages told CNN that her clients have identified Brussels bomber Najim Laachraoui as an ISIS jailer of foreign hostages in Syria. Laachraoui, 24, was one of two suicide bombers in the March 22 ... Brussels bomber Laachraoui 'guarded IS Syria hostages' Brussels airport bomber identified as ISIS guard of foreign hostages in Syria Brussels airport suicide bomber guarded Western hostages held by Isis in Syria |
Reuters | Russian forces in Syria fired on Israeli military aircraft: newspaper Reuters JERUSALEM Russian forces in Syria have fired at least twice on Israeli military aircraft, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seek improved operational coordination with Moscow, Israel's top-selling newspaper said on Friday. The unsourced ... Russia Reportedly Fired On Israeli Jets In Syria Netanyahu, Putin met amid reports of aerial incidents over Syria Israel Urges Russia To Tighten Coordination Ties in Syria |
Voice of America | Assad Forces Clash With Kurds in Northeast Syria Voice of America Syrian government officials arrived Friday in Qamishli to try to negotiate a speedy cease-fire between Kurdish fighters and mainly Arab pro-Assad militiamen after the heaviest fighting in more than two years broke out Thursday. Syrian Kurdish forces ... Kurds and Syrian Forces Clash, Adding Wrinkle to War Battle between Syrian government, Kurdish force kills 26: Kurdish official Kurds take over prison, capture 50 pro-Syrian govt fighters in Qamishli – reports |