USA TODAY | Photos show US commandos primed for fight in Syria USA TODAY WASHINGTON — Photographs of U.S. commandos with battle gear in Syria raised questions Thursday about their level of involvement in the fight against the Islamic State. The photos by Agence France-Presse show a small group of U.S. troops in a Syrian ... Pentagon stands by noncombat role of U.S. forces in Syria First Look: Pictures of US Commandos on the Front Lines in… American Green Berets in Syria are wearing Kurdish militia insignia on their uniforms |
Washington Post | Syria's ruined cities will need decades, not years, to recover from war Washington Post The end of Syria's brutal civil war is not in sight. The combatants are locked in a grinding, attritional battle that is as complex as it is cruel. More than 250,000 Syrians have been killed over the past five years, and roughly half of the country's ... |
Aljazeera.com | UN: Plenty of Syrian civilians in danger of starvation Aljazeera.com The United Nations has called for greater humanitarian access in Syria amid fears that many civilians risk starvation in besieged areas of the wartorn country. Speaking to reporters in Geneva on Thursday, UN Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura said there ... UN envoy for Syria tells Security Council peace talks will resume 'as soon as feasible' UN envoy tells Security Council no Syria talks for two-three weeks UN Envoy to Syria: Peace Talks Not Set to Resume for Weeks |
Haaretz | Russian attack helicopters at the T4 base near Palmyra, Syria.Stratfor Haaretz Aerial photographs reveal considerable damage caused to a military airfield in central Syria from an Islamic State attack. In photos released by the Stratfor intelligence firm, four helicopters and 20 charred trucks can be seen at the T4 base, which ... Did ISIS attack Russian military equipment at key Syrian base? Is Syria Another Afghanistan for Russia? Mass grave discovered in Syria's Palmyra |
Aljazeera.com | Where next for Russia in Syria? Aljazeera.com A good means of predicting what Moscow's next steps in the Syria conflict is to listen to what Russian political and military leaders say and prepare for the opposite. While other actors on this most bloody of stages have been characterised by their ... Russia calls off attacks against Syria's al-Qaeda franchise Russia postpones airstrikes against terrorist-held areas in Syria Syria conflict: IS 'destroyed helicopters' at Russian base |
Press TV | Tartus, Jableh blasts show terrorists' frustration: Syria minister Press TV Syria's Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi says recent deadly bombings in the two cities of Tartus and Jableh show the deep frustration within the Takfiri terrorist groups. In an interview with the Syrian TV Channel on Wednesday, Zoubi said political ... |
World Bank Group | The Importance of Planning Syria's Eventual Reconstruction World Bank Group Can satellite imagery and social media analytics make it possible to plan post-war reconstruction in Syria, even as bitter conflict continues on the ground? The answer is, “Yes.” A sketch of what's damaged in six of Syria's main cities, which services ... |
The Guardian | Children of woman jailed for Syria plot will live with relatives The Guardian Moore had planned to take the children to a war zone in Syria, an Old Bailey trial had heard. She was found guilty of failing to tell authorities that her husband Sajid Aslam, 34, was about to leave for Syria. On Monday Judge Charles Wide imposed the ... |
The New Yorker | The Journey from Syria, Part Four The New Yorker In the last episode of “The Journey,” the group dynamics began to fray. More than a hundred refugees and migrants had left Greece together on foot, but the able-bodied among them had little patience for those unfit for the trek. Within two days, they ... |
Reuters | Counter-ISIL Strikes Target Terrorists in Syria, Iraq Department of Defense The strikes were conducted as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the operation to eliminate the ISIL terrorist group and the threat they pose to Iraq, Syria, and the wider international community. The destruction of ISIL targets in Syria and Iraq ... Leaked Islamic State files reveal the 'borders chief' who helped funnel terrorists into Syria |