Telegraph.co.uk | More Blasts in Lebanese Village Hit by Deadly Bombings ABC News A series of suicide bombings and other attacks, including one outside a church, rocked a mainly Christian Lebanese village near the Syrian border on Monday, killing five people and wounding nearly 30, officials and witnesses said. Four suicide bombers ... Suicide bombers kill 5 in eastern Lebanon, near Syria border Suicide bombers strike Lebanese village on Syrian border, killing five Suicide bombings hit Lebanon village near Syria |
The Intercept | DNC Platform Leaves Door Open for No-Fly Zone in Syria, Refuses to Call for End to Israeli Occupation The Intercept The Democratic National Committee's Platform Drafting Committee quashed efforts by the Bernie Sanders campaign last week to insert language in the platform opposing a U.S.-led no-fly zone in Syria and calling for an end to Israel's occupation of the ... |
CNN | UNICEF: Airstrikes in Syria kill 25 children CNN Meanwhile, The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a London-based organization which monitors the war in Syria, claims to have received a copy of a new video released by ISIS, depicting the gruesome execution of five media activists from Deir Ezzor. 25 Children Killed By Airstrikes In Syria Over The Weekend: UNICEF Airstrikes in Syria kill scores of civilians Two dozen children killed in Syria airstrikes, says UNICEF |
RT | 'Corruption name of the game for US policy in Syria' RT It's been revealed that weapons sent into Jordan by the CIA and Saudi Arabia for Syrian rebels have been repeatedly stolen and then sold on the black market. The Jordanian officers who were part of the corrupt scheme were reportedly spending the ... US officials: 'Dirty' Mideast intel partly to blame for CIA weapons landing in the wrong hands CIA Weapon Deliveries to Syria Rebels Stolen by Jordanian Spies CIA weapons for Syrian rebels stolen by Jordanian intelligence officers and sold on black market |
Washington Post | Four reasons why killing insurgents in Syria might backfire Washington Post Is military might in Syria the best way to combat the group, also known as ISIS? Our new article, forthcoming in the journal Terrorism and Political Violence, examines the coalition's use of violence to suppress insurgency during the Iraq War. We found ... Daesh militants on the run in Syria and Iraq |
New York Times | ISIS Is Said to Claim Responsibility for Attack at Jordan-Syria Border New York Times AMMAN, Jordan — The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack that killed seven members of the Jordanian security forces and wounded 13 others on Tuesday at a border crossing with Syria, according to a news agency that frequently ... Emotional trauma leaves deep wounds for Syria's child refugees Stranded Syrian refugees' desert plight worsens as Jordan blocks aid ISIS claims suicide attack on Jordan-Syria border |
Daily Mail | How Syria's children are being educated despite the country's devastating civil war Daily Mail They live in the most war-torn and dangerous country in the world, and have had the innocence of their childhoods stolen away from them. But children in Syria who still want to learn are being taught in underground caves by brave teachers who risk ... |
Daily Mail | Australian jihadi Mohammad Ali Baryalei makes call from Syria and begs to come home Daily Mail A private phone call between IS fighter Mohammad Ali Baryalei, from western Sydney, and Hamdi Al Qudsi were played during the alleged recruiter's trial in Parramatta District Court on Monday. Baryalei, who defected to Syria in 2013, said he was ... |
Stars and Stripes | US has trained less than 100 in Syria to fight Islamic State Stars and Stripes In October, the United States halted another train-and-equip program in Syria, which transported whole units of fighters out of the country to train at facilities in Turkey, Jordan and other locations. The fighters were given U.S. equipment, trained ... Pentagon's revamped training program has trained fewer than 100 Syrians, officials say Rebooted Pentagon program trained fewer than 100 Syrians Pentagon reboot of Syrian rebel fighter training off to slow start |
Syria's HNC urges EU sanctions to push Russia onto peace track euronews GENEVA (Reuters) – Syria's main opposition group said on Monday the European Union should impose targeted sanctions on Russian companies supporting the war in Syria as it sought to consolidate its position before a potential new round of peace talks ... |