New York Times | Syria Talks in Geneva Overshadowed by Frustration Over Humanitarian Access New York Times GENEVA — The starvation and bombardment of Syrian civilians in a long-besieged Damascus suburb overshadowed efforts on Thursday by United Nations diplomats to inject life into another round of peace talks in Geneva aimed at ending the nearly seven ... UN Extends Syria Round to Dec. 15, Presidency Not Yet on Table UN brings Syria talks under one roof, not yet into one room Syria war: UN seeks urgent Eastern Ghouta medical evacuations |
BBC News | IS conflict: US to withdraw 400 Marines from Syria BBC News More than 400 US Marines are to leave Syria after helping to capture the city of Raqqa from so-called Islamic State. Marine units have been deployed since March to provide artillery support to an alliance of Syrian Kurdish and Arab fighters battling ... US-led coalition says its strikes have killed 800 Iraqi and Syrian civilians 400 Marines Stationed in Syria Ordered Home With Raqqa fight over, 400 US Marines leaving Syria |
The Guardian | British man who went to fight Isis in Syria killed in Raqqa, sources say The Guardian A British man who went to Syria to fight Islamic State has been killed in Raqqa, the terrorist group's former capital, Kurdish sources have confirmed. Oliver Hall, 24, from Portsmouth, was in the city helping to clear mines with the Kurdish People's ... British volunteer fighter Oliver Hall dies in Syria |
Washington Post | At judge's order, Pentagon confirms American ISIS suspect caught in Syria asked for lawyer Washington Post The Defense Department confirmed Thursday in response to a federal judge's order that an unidentified American citizen and suspected member of the Islamic State detained for 2½ months without charge as an “enemy combatant” in Syria has asserted his ... The Latest: American Captured in Syria Has Asked for Lawyer Detained American enemy combatant asks for lawyer, declines to speak with FBI |
Human Rights Watch | Iran's Child Soldiers in Syria Human Rights Watch If authentic, this video suggests that despite recent denials from the Iranian Embassy in Kabul, Iran is violating the laws of war in its government's recruitment of child soldiers, an abuse Human Rights Watch and media outlets have previously ... |
Aljazeera.com | Is Russia afraid of losing Syria? | Russia | Al Jazeera Aljazeera.com The fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant seems to have ended. Although the armed group is unlikely to disappear, its territorial control has been almost completely wiped out after its two "capitals" - Mosul and Raqqa - were liberated ... Trumplomacy: Under-fire Tillerson's quiet diplomacy in Syria Vladimir Putin won the Syria war, but can he keep the peace? The Guardian view on Syria: Putin tests the west |
Aljazeera.com | Syria's besieged areas await winter with trepidation Aljazeera.com In al-Houla, in Syria's northern Homs province, many residents are waiting for the cold winter months with trepidation. Living in one of the government-besieged areas in the country, Syrians say that there is a lack of diesel and most of the trees have ... |
Bloomberg | Russia Already Preparing Military Withdrawal From Syria: Agencies U.S. News & World Report MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Security Council secretary Nikolai Patrushev said on Thursday Moscow was already preparing to withdraw its military contingent from Syria, Russian news agencies reported. "Preparations are underway," RIA news agency quoted ... Putin Is a Force in the Syria Talks, With Trump on the Sidelines Russian Envoy Accuses US-Led Coalition Of Trying To Partition Syria Russia Calls Time on Syrian Campaign |
Miami Herald | The Latest: More than 400 US Marines to leave Syria Miami Herald The Latest on developments in the war in Syria (all times local):. 5 p.m.. The U.S. military operation in Syria and Iraq says it is sending home more the 400 Marines and their artillery from Syria, after they accomplished their mission against the ... Syrian Kurds face fresh test ruling Arab regions after Isis Kurdish leader in Geneva: US support to PYD harms Syrian Kurds |
The Jerusalem Post mobile website | Israel's Red Lines on Iran's Foothold in Syria The Jerusalem Post mobile website The understandings reached recently between the United States and Russia regarding Syria accept the deployment of Iranian forces and Iranian-controlled militias (proxies) on the range from the Golan Heights border – a situation that is entirely ... |