CNN | US, Russia agree to extend ceasefire for another 48 hours CNN The Syrian military is ready to pull out of a key Aleppo highway -- Castello Road -- to allow safe passage of humanitarian aid into the city, according to Vladimir Savchenko of the Russian Center for Reconciliation in Syria, Russian state news agency ... Syria Aid Deliveries Stall on Border Politics blamed for delay in UN aid delivery to Syria On Day 3, Syrian Truce Still Largely Holds But Aid Trucks Languish At Border |
BBC News | Syria ceasefire: UN's Ban Ki-moon makes aid plea BBC News UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged Russia and the US to push all warring sides in Syria to allow safe passage for desperately needed aid. Lorries with a month's food supply for 40,000 people are stuck at the Turkish border, 48 hours into a ... Despite truce, aid fails to reach besieged Syrian civilians UN hopes to build momentum for humanitarian aid in Syria if cease-fire holds Syria: US and Russia agree to 48-hour truce extension |
New York Times | On Day 2 of Syria Cease-Fire, Out at Playgrounds and Protests New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon — In rebel-held areas of Syria, Day 2 of a shaky cease-fire offered a rare chance to go outside. For some, that meant enjoying the simple pleasure of playing on a swing. For others, it meant protesting. But no matter, it was a change ... |
CNN | Aerial close encounter between US, Syrian jets CNN The pilots of the F-22 Raptors tried to call the Syrian aircraft cockpit-to-cockpit but got no response, the US official added. US defense officials had told CNN earlier that the military had pulled US special operations forces from their northern ... Syria war: Dozens killed while attending Aleppo funeral Syria's Children Are the World's Responsibility Turkey-backed Syria rebels advance on US-backed Kurds |
TIME | Assad's Regime Is Still Using Chemical Weapons in Syria | TIME TIME Ahead of the Sept.12 ceasefire brokered by the U.S. and Russia, the Syrian government bombed areas of Aleppo with chlorine gas explosives. |
BBC News | Battle for Aleppo: Photo of shocked and bloodied Syrian five-year-old sparks outrage BBC News A photograph of a dazed and bloodied Syrian boy rescued from a destroyed building in Aleppo after an air strike has caused outrage around the world. Images of the boy sitting in an ambulance were released by activists and have since been shared widely ... Little boy in Aleppo a vivid reminder of war's horror Haunting video of bewildered Syrian boy goes viral 'The Boy In The Ambulance' Shows The Chilling Reality Of Syria's Bloody War |
New York Times | Donald Trump, Syria, iPhone: Your Wednesday Briefing New York Times But the data also shows that income inequality remains entrenched. • Rift over Syria strategy. For Secretary of State John Kerry, reducing the violence in Syria and reaching a deal to ease the country's president out of office are matters of legacy and ... |
Washington Post | After long wait, the remains of three American militiamen killed in Syria will return to the US Washington Post The remains of three Americans who died in Syria after joining a U.S.-backed Kurdish militia to fight the Islamic State are expected to be repatriated Wednesday, members of their families and a congressional source said. The bodies of Levi Shirley ... |
New York Times | Israel Denies Claims That Syria Shot Down Warplane and Drone New York Times JERUSALEM — The Israeli military said on Tuesday that Syrian forces had fired two surface-to-air missiles after Israeli aircraft targeted artillery positions in the Syrian Golan Heights overnight, but it categorically denied a claim by the Syrians ... Israel Targets Syrian Army Position After Cross-Border Fire Israel and Syria move closer to war IDF retaliates against Syrian regime after mortars land in Golan Heights |
Amnesty International | Syria-Jordan border: 75000 refugees trapped in desert no man's land in dire conditions Amnesty International Video footage and satellite images showing makeshift grave sites and burial mounds offer a rare glimpse inside a desert no man's land between Jordan and Syria where tens of thousands of refugees who have been virtually cut off from humanitarian aid for ... Desperate Syrians wait for help in no man's land on Jordan border 75000 Syrians are trapped near Jordan's border. Satellite images show some are dying. |