Washington Post | US threatens to suspend bilateral engagement with Russia over Syria Washington Post The Obama administration threatened Wednesday to suspend plans for coordinating counterterrorism strikes in Syria with Russia unless Moscow moves to stop its assault on the city of Aleppo and restore a collapsed cease-fire. Secretary of State John F. Syria: US tells Russia it will end talks if bombing continues Obama Administration Threatens to Suspend Talks With Russia on Syria, Considers Weaponry for Syrian Rebels The Latest: France Working on UN Resolution for Syria Truce |
CBS News | Aleppo "slaughterhouse": 96 kids killed in 5 days, hospitals flattened, Syrian activists say CBS News BEIRUT - Government shelling and airstrikes in Syria's Aleppo landed near a bread distribution center and two hospitals Wednesday, killing seven people and putting at least one of the medical facilities completely out of service, activists and medics said. Aleppo hospitals are latest casualty in attacks by the Syrian regime Pope Francis condemns bombing of Aleppo in Syria Amid the carnage, Syrian state TV claims Aleppo still 'boasts a thriving nightlife' |
Washington Post | After an apparently errant strike in Syria, confusion and competing claims Washington Post The attack aircraft — American A-10s, Australian F-18 Hornets and Danish F-16s — converged over eastern Syria in the late afternoon. Their target: several clusters of Islamic State militants, dug in among rocky hills overlooking a strategic airfield ... |
BBC News | Syria war: Those bombing Aleppo 'must answer to God' - Pope BBC News Pope Francis has decried the bombing of Aleppo in Syria, saying those responsible for killing civilians will have to answer to God. Speaking in St Peter's Square in Rome, he called it "an already martyred city, where everybody is dying". Russian-backed ... |
Human Rights Watch | Push to sanction Syria for using chemical weapons hits Russian resistance Chicago Tribune Russian airstrikes helped scupper the cease-fire in Syria. Now, Russian foot-dragging threatens to derail another diplomatic effort by the United States and its allies: sanctioning Damascus for using chemical weapons against its own people. Although ... Syria: New Deadly Chemical Attacks |
Deutsche Welle | German ministry says mother, baby escape from Syria to Turkey ... Reuters A German woman who was kidnapped in war-torn Syria last year and gave birth while in captivity escaped with her baby to Turkey on Wednesday, the German ... German woman and baby kidnapped in Syria are freed |
WND.com | 3rd World War 'is taking place in Syria' WND.com The comments come at a time of sharply increased tension in Syria, as a newly brokered “ceasefire” has already collapsed after only a week. American diplomats also abruptly have increased their anti-Russian rhetoric in recent days, accusing Russia of ... |
CNN | How Syrian activists turned to Whatsapp to tell the world their stories ... CNN Syrian activists in Aleppo are using WhatsApp, the popular messaging app, to reveal the everyday realities and struggles of living in the besieged city. |
BBC News | Syria war: The toy smuggler bringing bags of joy to children BBC News For the girls, it is Barbie dolls. The boys love footballs, cars and teddy bears. Rami Adham knows exactly what brings the biggest smiles to the faces of Syrian children. The Finnish-Syrian father-of-six has become known as the "Aleppo toy smuggler ... 'Toy Smuggler' Rami Adham Brings Smiles to Syria's Children - NBC ... |
RT | Foreign states supply Syrian rebels with new Grad rockets – FSA commander RT Al-Bayoush claims the rockets are to be used on battlefronts in Aleppo, Hama and the coastal region of Syria, adding that this type of ammunition had not previously been supplied to the rebel forces. He said, however, that the rebels are already using ... Syrian rebels get new rockets from foreign states: commander |