Washington Post | Attacks near Syria town captured from IS kill 60 Washington Post BEIRUT — At least two attacks Friday near a Syrian town just captured by Turkish forces and Syrian opposition fighters from the Islamic State group killed more than 60, mostly civilians and including two Turkish soldiers, as the group retreats from ... Suicide bombers kill dozens near Al Bab Islamic State car bomb kills more than 50 in northwest Syria Syria: 'Car bomb kills 51' near al-Bab after IS defeat |
Newsweek | UN Diplomats Look to Russia to Broker Syria Peace Talks Newsweek The first U.N.-led Syria peace talks in almost a year are in danger of getting lost in procedure, as officials obsess about who will meet whom, but behind the scenes diplomats say it's largely up to Russia to call the tune. Russia and the United States ... Syria talks hit snag before opening ceremony in Geneva Few signs of progress at first full day of Syria peace talks in Geneva Syria peace talks resume, but Assad is in the driver's seat |
NBCNews.com | Iraq Air Force Bombs ISIS in Syria for First Time NBCNews.com The Iraqi air force bombed ISIS targets in Syria on Friday, the first time the government of Haidar al-Abadi has admitted to targeting the extremists group beyond its own borders. "We have decided to follow terrorists anywhere who are trying to kill ... Iraqi forces advance in Mosul, strike ISIS inside Syria Iraq fighter jets strike Isis targets in Syria Iraqi forces punch into western Mosul, launch air strikes in Syria |
Washington Post | Trump's UN Envoy Condemns Russian 'Baby-Sitting' of Syria Regime Bloomberg The U.S., U.K. and France will propose a resolution that bans the sale of helicopters to Syria and places sanctions on 11 Syrians and 10 entities linked to chemical attacks in the six-year civil war. The resolution will be Haley's first since taking ... UN Syria sanctions vote sought next week; Russia vows veto Russia Expected to Veto UN Resolution Blaming Syria for Chemical Attacks Russia vows to veto sanctions on Syria over chemical weapons |
Foreign Policy (blog) | US-Backed Fighters in Syria Worry More About Turkey Than ISIS Foreign Policy (blog) The class had just finished a two-week training course run by U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers and SDF trainers in the hollowed-out shell of this tiny village in northern Syria, which was pulverized during a fierce fight last year between the SDF and ... US Aid to Syrian Militia Strains Turkish Ties |
Turning pebbles into pictures of the war in Syria BBC News The imagery is all too familiar. A family on the move, their meagre belongings carried on their heads; a cluster of frightened children gripping a mother figure; the body of a victim cradled on the ground by a woman. These are depictions of the war in ... |
NPR | Russian Defense Minister Says His Military Has Tested 162 Weapons In Syria NPR Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu made his way to the Duma, the lower house of parliament, on the eve of Defender of the Fatherland Day. The Feb. 23 national holiday was once known as Soviet Army and Navy Day, and Shoigu, dressed in the ... |
Iraq Takes the Fight Against ISIS to Syria Wall Street Journal (subscription) MOSUL, Iraq—Iraq's air force on Friday carried out its first-ever strikes against Islamic State in neighboring Syria, the country's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said, marking a dramatic escalation in its effort to roll back the insurgency by ... |
New York Times | For Syrian Refugees, There Is No Going Home - The New York Times New York Times Major powers may settle for President Bashar al-Assad's rule as peace talks resumed, but families that fled to Lebanon said they had nothing to return to and ... |
Washington Post | 'Al-Qaeda is eating us': Syrian rebels are losing out to extremists Washington Post GAZIANTEP, Turkey — The biggest surviving rebel stronghold in northern Syria is falling under the control of al-Qaeda-linked extremists amid a surge of rebel infighting that threatens to vanquish what is left of the moderate rebellion. The ascent of ... |