Aljazeera.com | Can Turkey's campaign in Syria's Idlib bring peace? Aljazeera.com About 100 Turkish soldiers have moved into Syria's Idlib province in a convoy of armoured vehicles. Ankara says it is to enforce a de-escalation zone in the war-torn country as part of a deal with Iran and Russia. But there are suspicions Turkey's real ... Syria war: Turkish forces set up positions in Idlib - BBC News Erdogan Announces Start of Syria Mission Planned With Putin Turkish Forces Set up Positions in Syria's Idlib |
Los Angeles Times | In Lebanon, a rape and murder galvanize anti-Syrian fervor Los Angeles Times The case might have proceeded quietly as the suspect faced murder charges, but his status as one of about 1.5 million Syrians in Lebanon, many of them refugees fleeing the vicious six-year civil war raging through their country, has made it a rallying ... |
New York Times | How a Seed Bank, Almost Lost in Syria's War, Could Help Feed a Warming Planet New York Times Inside each was a carefully dried and pressed seed pod: a sweet clover from Egypt, a wild wheat found only in northern Syria, an ancient variety of bread wheat. He had thousands of these folders stacked neatly in a windowless office, a precious ... |
Deutsche Welle | Local official: 100 IS fighters surrender in Syria's Raqqa ABC News This frame grab from a video provided on Friday, Oct. 13, 2017 by Turkey-based Kurdish Mezopotamya agency media outlet that is consistent with independent AP reporting, shows a Syrian woman with her child cries after she fled from the areas that still ... Syria: The Battle for Raqqa The Latest: Civilians flee IS-held areas in Syria's Raqqa Hundreds of civilians flee Islamic State-held areas of Syrian city |
The Hindu | IS car bomb kills 18 in Syria The Hindu A jihadist car bombing targeting displaced Syrians in the north-eastern province of Hasakeh on Thursday killed at least 18 people, including Kurdish security forces, a monitor said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the attack ... Syria - Attacks (12 October 2017) WHO says attack on Syria vaccine store leaves children at risk Suicide attacks kill Deir Az Zor refugees and Kurds |
Daily Mail | Russia raises doubts about UN probe of Syria gas attack Daily Mail Russia on Friday complained that UN investigators who this week traveled to a Syrian airfield allegedly used to launch the sarin gas attack on Khan Sheikhun did not take samples, a lapse described as "scandalous." The team from the joint UN-OPCW probe, ... Russia Questions Future of Syria Chemical Weapons Inquiry Russia Complains UN Investigators Failed To Search For Banned Gas At Syrian Airfield Russia Tends to Think Chemical Attack in Syria's Khan Sheykhoun Staged |
The Guardian | Crushed but for 120 minutes united: qualifier lets Syrians forget war The Guardian The Syrian national football team bowed out of 2018 World Cup qualification after a 2-1 loss to Australia on Tuesday, after an unlikely run that saw them progress to a qualification play-off. At a cafe in central Beirut, fans expressed a mixture of ... Syria's World Cup hopes ended as Australia come from behind to win Australia 2-1 Syria AET Socceroos beat Syria 2-1 in extra time to advance to intercontinental play-off for World Cup qualifying |
Kansas City Star | Pregnant girl, 15, who escaped ISIS says her father brought her from Kansas to Syria Kansas City Star A 15-year-old girl who escaped the terrorist group ISIS in northern Syria had a surprising announcement to make. “I'm from Kansas.” The girl, shrouded in black, was among a group of women who managed to get out of the besieged ISIS stronghold of Raqqa. Families fleeing Syria's Raqqa speak of atrocities American Teen Escapes ISIS in Syria: 'When You Walk Outside, There's Intestines in the Street' |
AMN Al-Masdar News | Syria: Russian soldiers deliver urgent humanitarian aid in Kerbat Ash-Shabbat AMN Al-Masdar News Russian officers from the Russian Reconciliation Centre for Syria have delivered humanitarian aid to refugees in the town of Kerbat Ash-Shabbat, Rif Dimashq Governorate, on Friday. Alexei Sergeev, the Reconciliation centre's official, said that Russian ... |
Washington Post | Syria's civil war is a long way from over — and here's why that's important Washington Post Ibrahim al-Assil is a fellow at the Middle East Institute in Washington and a nonresident fellow at the Orient Research Center in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He is also a founding member of the Syrian Nonviolence Movement. The Syrian civil war is now ... |