NBCNews.com | Syria Crisis: Aleppo's Few Remaining Doctors Plead With Obama for Help NBCNews.com Fifteen of the last remaining doctors in rebel-controlled areas of the war-torn Syrian city of Aleppo challenged President Barack Obama on Thursday to intervene and "prove that you are the friend of Syrians." "For five years, we have faced death from ... The Persistence of Chlorine Gas Attacks in Syria Russia strikes Islamic State-held city in Syria amid Aleppo fight Syria conflict: Aleppo 'chlorine gas attack' investigated |
Washington Post | The Latest: Turkey: No joint strikes with Russia in Syria Washington Post BEIRUT — The Latest on the developments in civil war (all times local): 5:30 p.m.. Turkey's foreign minister has clarified comments on conducting joint operations with Russia against the Islamic State group in Syria, saying Turkey wanted greater ... Strikes on Islamic State-held city in Syria kill at least 20 Syria conflict: 'Russian air strikes' cut water supply to IS capital Raqqa SitRep: Turkey, Russia Planning Joint Ops in Syria; Crimea … |
Yahoo News | Syria: Good News And Bad Huffington Post News that Syrian rebels have, at least temporarily, broken the siege of Aleppo is good. Despite the best efforts of Russia, Iran, and the Assad regime to terrorize the city into submission, some 300,000 Syrians will be spared, for the time-being, from ... Turkey unlikely to drop Syria rebels in latest realignment How Media Distorted Syrian Ceasefire's Breakdown Oil, Drugs And Militants: Controlling Turkey's Syrian Border |
BBC News | London schoolgirl who travelled to Syria to join IS 'feared dead' BBC News One of three schoolgirls who left east London last year to join so-called Islamic State (IS) is believed to have been killed in a Russian air strike in Syria, her family solicitor has said. Kadiza Sultana was 16 when she left Bethnal Green along with ... Bethnal Green schoolgirl who joined Isil is killed in Syria London schoolgirl who joined Isis believed killed in Syria airstrike ... Girl Who Fled UK For IS Feared Dead In Strike |
Foreign Policy (blog) | The War on Syria's Doctors Foreign Policy (blog) Since March 2011, at least 738 Syrian doctors, nurses, and medical aides have died in more than 360 attacks on medical facilities, according to Physicians for Human Rights (PHR). The independent human rights group holds the Syrian government and its ... |
ABC Online | Turkey offers Russia joint operations against Islamic State in Syria ABC Online Turkey has called on Russia to carry out joint operations against Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria, after crucial talks between President Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan aimed at ending the crisis. "We will discuss all ... What Russia and Turkey Bring to Syria Russia, Turkey Plan to Coordinate on Syria Turkey turns to Russia on Syria amid US flap |
BBC News | Body of man who died fighting IS in Syria 'may not return to UK' BBC News The father of a man who died fighting so-called Islamic State in Syria says he doesn't know where his son's body is or if it will ever return to the UK. Dean Carl Evans, 22, from Reading, died in July in the city of Manbij after joining a Kurdish ... Colorado family says son, 22, died fighting ISIS in Syria British in Syria rename themselves Bob Crow Brigade and break off from fighting ISIS |
UN News Centre | Millions of Syrians in 'free fall' as raging battles across country hinder aid access – UN UN News Centre “Civilians on both sides of the conflict – on both sides of Aleppo – are in danger of being surrounded and affected by shortages and bombings,” UN Special Envoy for Syria told reporters in Geneva, where he stressed that as the fighting in Aleppo has ... Syria: UNHCR gravely concerned by situation in Aleppo city and attacks on IDP settlements in Idleb |
Bloomberg | Orders for U.S. Forces in Syria: 'Don't Get Shot' Bloomberg U.S. special operations forces in Syria do many things in the war against the Islamic State. They gather intelligence, build relationships with local communities, help spot targets for air strikes and train and advise local forces on the ground. One ... |
TIME | Russian Airstrikes on ISIS in Syria Kill 30, Including 24 Civilians TIME Russian airstrikes have killed 30 people including 24 civilians in the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa in Syria, according to a report citing humanitarian officials. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported the deaths as well as dozens of injuries to ... Russian bombers destroy ISIS chemical weapons plant near Raqqa ... |