CNN International | Reports: Turkey and Russia consider evacuations from besieged Syrian area CNN International (CNN) As the Syrian government maintains its stranglehold on a besieged Damascus suburb, allies in Russia and adversaries in Turkey are considering plans to evacuate hundreds of civilians caught in a growing humanitarian crisis. Moscow and Ankara are ... The fight to evacuate seven children with cancer from Syria China makes move in Syria as US says no rebuilding under Assad China eyes role in rebuilding of war-torn Syria |
RT | Putin declares "complete victory" on both banks of Euphrates in Syria Reuters Russia's military intervention in Syria's civil war in 2015 has turned the tide of the conflict in favor of Moscow's ally, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and against rebel groups fighting to oust him. Western governments and rights groups have ... Syria fully liberated from ISIS terrorists – Russian MoD |
The Nation | Syrian, Iranian backed forces advance in border area near Israel Reuters AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian army forces backed by Iranian-backed militias pushed deeper into the last rebel-held enclave near a strategic border area with Israel and Lebanon in a new expansion of Tehran's influence in the war-torn country. The army and ... Middle East in 2018: A look at Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Syria and Iraq |
Los Angeles Times | US citizen held after capture in Syria must be given a chance to talk to a lawyer, judge says Los Angeles Times A U.S. citizen being held without charges in Iraq must be allowed to meet with a lawyer to see if he wants to challenge his detention, a federal judge has ordered. The man, who is accused of fighting for Islamic State, has been held as an enemy ... American Citizen Accused of Fighting for ISIS in Syria Will Be Allowed Legal Counsel, Federal Judge Rules Judge Rules American Captured Fighting Alongside ISIS In Syria Has Right To An Attorney |
New York Times | The Hunt for ISIS Pivots to Remaining Pockets in Syria - The New ... New York Times AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar — Secretive drones and surveillance jets are boring down on an estimated 3,000 remaining Islamic State fighters, who are hiding in Syria along a short stretch of the Euphrates River and surrounding deserts, as the American ... |
The National | A Status Report On The Civil War In Syria NPR First of all, half the population of Syria is displaced. So - and a big portion of them outside the country. So while he controls a majority of the population inside Syria, if you add the number of Syrians writ large who have been displaced by the ... Syrians are spending yet another Christmas trapped in Al Assad's nightmare |
The Guardian | Charity launches Syria emergency appeal to save critically ill ... The Guardian The appeal is trying to evacuate seven cancer sufferers, aged between eight and 12, from a beseiged Syrian town. Syria war: Assad 'may evacuate cancer children' from Eastern ... |
CNN | This Syrian baby lost his eye to war. Now people are covering their eyes in solidarity CNN (CNN) Karim Abdel Rahman -- a Syrian infant who lost his left eye two months ago in an artillery attack -- has become a symbol of the carnage and the humanitarian crisis in the Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta. Karim's injury, a consequence of civil ... Baby Bomb Victim Sparks Awareness for Violence in Syria Syria/Russia: Airstrikes, Siege Killing Civilians Turkey, Russia Arranging Evacuation of Syria's Eastern Ghouta Residents |
Aljazeera.com | Iran, Turkey, Russia strike deal on Syria detainees Aljazeera.com "We always thought Aleppo was ours. But they took it," Mousa al-Sharif, a displaced resident of Aleppo, told Al Jazeera. "We were forced to leave. Now we're living a difficult life and no one is helping us." "It was a strategic gain for the Syrian ... Russia, Turkey and Iran agree Syrian peace talks for January China makes move in Syria as US says no rebuilding under Assad ... Russia Tells US Military to Get Out of Syria |
New York Times | 'I Was Not Going to Accept It': After Captivity, Blind Syrian Forges Path to US New York Times If all else failed to distract him from his incarceration by the Syrian government, he could sense through the darkness the presence of his best friend, Saeed Hadidy, manacled nearby. Mr. Hadidy had always been there for Mr. Agha, 23, even after Mr ... |