NPR | What Will Winter Bring For Syria's Refugees? NPR As winter looms, Syrians who have fled their homes have much to worry about. October brought the defeat of ISIS in Raqqa, and the military campaign to retake that city displaced many thousands of people from their homes. Many have fled to camps in ... |
Reuters | Syria declares victory over Islamic State Reuters The army and its allies are still fighting Islamic State in desert areas near Albu Kamal, the last town the militant group had held in Syria, near the border with Iraq, the army said. But the capture of the town ends Islamic State's era of territorial ... Syria war: Army retakes last IS urban stronghold Isis ousted from last major stronghold in Syria IS militants evacuate last stronghold in Syria to government |
The Atlantic | Syria's Students: Going to School in a War Zone The Atlantic More than six years of conflict in Syria have reduced much of the countryside and area surrounding Damascus to rubble, damaging or destroying nearly everything that might hold a community or society together. Yet thousands of families still live in ... 'Catastrophe' looming over Syria aid blockade Syria's Eastern Ghouta faces 'complete catastrophe': UN Syrian conflict has now lasted longer than World War II – UN humanitarian envoy |
Chicago Tribune | Syria deal in the works ahead of likely Trump-Putin meeting in Vietnam Chicago Tribune This frame grab from video provided Wednesday, Nov 8, 2017, by the government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media, shows a tank firing on militants' positions on the Iraq-Syria border. The United States and Russia are nearing an agreement on Syria ... Syria deal in the works ahead of likely Trump-Putin meeting Syria Deal Could Be Announced After Trump-Putin Meeting Friday |
CBC.ca | Plans to rebuild Syria could be recipe for another war CBC.ca Syria's war is far from over, and any government talk of reconstruction right now involves only areas firmly under its control. The city of Raqqa, for example, recently taken back from ISIS, is not one of those places. Neither are vast swaths of the ... |
Business Insider | 'Made in Syria': Refugees in Germany drive exports from home Business Insider HAMBURG (Reuters) - Many Syrian refugees in Germany have resigned themselves to the reality that there will be no swift return to the land of their birth, where a civil war is nearing the start of its eighth year. They are starting to build new lives ... Germany's far-right AfD calls for repatriation of Syrian refugees |
Reuters | Syria, Russia slammed at chemical weapons watchdog meeting ABC News Syria and its close ally Russia faced harsh criticism on Thursday at a meeting of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons following an investigation that blamed Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime for a sarin attack that killed ... Britain, Russia clash over Syria at chemical weapons body - Reuters Russia Assails Investigators Who Faulted Syria in Sarin Attack US, Britain hit out at Russia as chemical watchdog meets on Syria |
New York Times | Syria Is Joining the Paris Agreement. Now What? The Atlantic Syria, the last remaining holdout from the Paris Agreement on climate change, announced at a United Nations meeting in Germany Tuesday that it will sign the agreement. The Syrian Arab News Agency, a state-sponsored news outlet, also reported that the ... Syria Joins Paris Climate Accord, Leaving Only US Opposed Catherine McKenna takes responsibility for tweet praising Syria Paris climate accord: Syria to sign up, isolating US |
Regina Leader-Post | Sheldon students from Syria reminding people that war is not a thing of the past Regina Leader-Post “They may think … it's very different between Syria and Canada … but it's very similar,” said 17-year-old Abdul Mustafa. “Before the war, it looked like Canada, like how I live now. “But when the war started, everything's gone. You can't go to school ... |
CNN | As Syria joins Paris climate agreement, US stands alone CNN Syria will join the Paris climate agreement, leaving the US as the only country in the world not signed on to the landmark climate deal. Syrian officials announced their intention to ratify the accord at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP23) in Bonn ... Syria to Join Paris Climate Pact, Leaving US Isolated Syria Vows To Sign Paris Agreement, Leaving US Alone In Climate Denial Syria is signing the Paris climate agreement, leaving the US alone against the rest of the world |