Washington Post | US is trapped between its allies' ambitions in Syria Washington Post KIVIRCIK, Turkey — The Pentagon's decision to arm a mostly Syrian Kurdish force has paid big dividends in northern Syria, where the Islamic State has been on the run in recent months. Backed by U.S. air power, Kurdish-led offensives have captured ... Turkey's dangerous move on Syria U.S. Strategy to Fight ISIS Has Set Off a New Conflict in Syria Here's why US allies are fighting each other in Syria |
Wall Street Journal (blog) | On Syria, the US Is Watching Other Powers Act Wall Street Journal (blog) For all of the Obama administration's efforts to shape events in Syria, three other outside powers–Iran, Russia, and Turkey–control that country's future. Turkey's military intervention against both Islamic State and the Kurds in northern Syria and the ... Syria's president, a former doctor, is turning hospitals into death traps A "safe zone" in Syria sounds like a great idea. It would be a disaster. The Decay of the Syrian Regime is Much Worse Than You Think |
New York Times | Senior ISIS Strategist and Spokesman Is Reported Killed in Syria New York Times A founding member of the Islamic State, Mr. Adnani, a 39-year-old Syrian, was the group's chief spokesman and propagandist, running an operation that put out slickly produced videos of beheadings and massacres that shocked the world and sent a rush of ... IS spokesman killed in Syria in major blow to militant group US, Russia claim credit as IS spokesman killed in Syria Islamic State: Chief Propagandist Killed in Syria |
The New Yorker | Does Anyone in Syria Fear International Law? The New Yorker The horror of Syria's war is in the millions of pictures that are too gruesome to circulate—charred limbs stacked outside hospital wards, bloated bodies rotting in sniper alleys, a toddler plucked from the rubble without a head. It is in a group of ... |
CBC.ca | Syria, ISIS must be held to account for chemical weapons use, says Dion CBC.ca "This serious, independent and neutral investigation clearly demonstrates that the government of Syria has repeatedly used chemical weapons against its own people and that Daesh used sulphur mustard," Dion said, referring to ISIS as Daesh, the Arabic ... Syria conflict: Russia questions Syria chlorine attacks probe Syria's war: Calls for sanctions over chemical weapons The World May Never Know if Syria Really Destroyed All Its Chemical Weapons |
Sky News | 'Always Beautiful': Syria Tourism Clip Released Sky News Syria's tourist board has released a promotional video showing packed beaches and jet-skiing. The pictures show the coastal town of Tartus, which was hit earlier this year by a series of suicide bombings by Islamic State. The video ends with the slogan ... Bizarre Syria Tourism adverts feature packed beaches, jet skis and historical sites - that ISIS blew up Syria releases seaside ad campaign to boost domestic tourism Syria releases 'Always Beautiful' video, promotes tourism to war-torn country |
AMN Al-Masdar News (registration) | Russian jets rule the skies above northern Syria AMN Al-Masdar News (registration) Latakia, Syria (11:55 P.M.) – The Russian Air Force is working overtime time tonight, as they carry out several airstrikes above the northern provinces of Latakia, Idlib, Aleppo, and Hama. According to a military source in Latakia, the Russian Air ... |
Irish Times | Out of Syria: I am in France and I am free Irish Times The 127 of us, mainly Syrians, who were on the flight from Athens in July already had interim refugee status as we landed on French soil because we came from the camps in Greece and had been processed by the Greek authorities and the French embassy. |
New York Daily News | American reporter held captive in Syria now arrested in Turkey New York Daily News The U.S. supports Kurdish fighters battling the terrorist group in northern Iraq and Syria, though Turkey is waging its own battle with Kurdish separatists who it calls “terrorists.” Turkish officials reacting to a failed coup against President Erdogan ... |
dailytelegraph.com.au | Six years jail for sending Aussies to Syria dailytelegraph.com.au Justice Christine Adamson sentenced Alqudsi to eight years jail with a non-parole period of six years saying that he must have expected the men who he sent to Syria would die in the fighting. “The offender's reasons for offending was at least in part ... Syrian battle 'commander' jailed in NSW |