Washington Post | Syrian cease-fire crumbles as government forces advance around Damascus Washington Post BEIRUT — A Syrian cease-fire backed by Russia and Turkey is crumbling five days after it began, with government forces pushing offensives around Damascus and rebels threatening to suspend participation in new peace talks. The truce was to have been ... Syria: What it will mean if rebels snub peace talks Syria rebels suspend talks over alleged truce violations Some Syria rebel groups suspend planned peace talks |
CNN | Water is the latest battleground in Syria CNN Some four million people in Damascus have suffered from acute water shortages for more than a week after springs outside the Syrian capital were targeted, the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement on ... Damascus residents limit water use after attack on rebel-held river |
Reuters | Turkey urges Trump administration to turn back on Syrian Kurdish forces The Guardian Turkey has set out its terms for cooperation with Donald Trump, saying it expects the new US administration to halt the supply of weapons to Syrian Kurdish forces – which Washington has denied it is doing. “The United States should not allow this ... US-led coalition carried out flights to support Turkish forces in Syria Would-be extremists enter Syria via Turkey US Backs Turkish Support for Anti-Assad Rebels in Syria Fighting Daesh |
Irish Times | Syria war: Air strikes kill 25 jihadists in Idlib province, monitors say BBC News Air strikes in northern Syria have killed at least 25 members of a prominent jihadist group, including senior figures, monitors say. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says it is not clear who carried out the attack against the Jabhat ... Air strikes on rebel building in Syria 'kill at least 25' Air strikes kill 25 in Syria |
New York Times | Istanbul, Donald Trump, Syria: Your Morning Briefing New York Times Mr. Trump won, securing the reversal of a plan to dismantle the Office of Congressional Ethics and undercutting the unity Republicans had hoped to project. They begin assailing the Affordable Care Act today. Mr. Trump named his choice for U.S. trade ... |
Reuters | Gunman in Istanbul nightclub attack may have trained in Syria Reuters ISTANBUL The gunman who killed 39 people in an Istanbul nightclub on New Year's Day in an attack claimed by Islamic State appears to have been well versed in guerrilla warfare and may have trained in Syria, a newspaper report and a security source said ... Istanbul gunman had a background 'street fighting' in Syria for Islamic State Turkey Vows To Continue Strikes In Syria Despite Istanbul Attack Istanbul nightclub attacker arrived in Turkey from Syria |
AMN Al-Masdar News (registration) | Velayati: Iran will never abandon Syria AMN Al-Masdar News (registration) In this Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013 photo, Ali Akbar Velayati, a top adviser to Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, gives an interview to The Associated Press at his office, in Tehran, Iran. Velayati says the election of moderate President Hasan ... |
Aljazeera.com | Syria army presses fight near Damascus despite truce Aljazeera.com Syria's army advanced on Monday as it battles to capture a rebel region that is key to the capital's water supply, launching air strikes and artillery fire that threatens a fragile nationwide truce. The ceasefire brokered by ally Russia and Turkey ... |
U.S. News & World Report | Report: Istanbul Gunman Familiar With Guerilla Warfare, May Have Trained in Syria U.S. News & World Report Medics carry a wounded person at the scene after an attack at a popular nightclub in Istanbul, early Sunday. A new report says the attacker may have trained in Syria. (IHA via AP). The gunman who attacked an Istanbul, Turkey nightclub in the early ... Turkish, Russian aircraft destroy Islamic State targets in Syria: army |
RT | US-led coalition admits killing at least 188 civilians in Syria & Iraq RT “CJTF-OIR regrets the unintentional loss of civilian lives resulting from coalition efforts to defeat ISIL in Iraq and Syria and express our deepest sympathies to the families and others affected by these strikes,” the statement continued. “Although ... US-Led Coalition Admits 'Unintentionally' Killing 188 Civilians in Iraq ... |