Los Angeles Times | Amnesty International accuses Syria of hanging thousands of prisoners, dumping bodies in mass graves Los Angeles Times On Monday or Wednesday afternoons, guards would call out the names of prisoners for transfer from Syria's notorious Saydnaya military prison. Some inmates saw it as a heartening sign that their detention at Saydnaya was over. Hours later, blindfolded ... Amnesty documents 'human slaughterhouse' in Assad's Syria 13000 people hanged in secret at Syrian prison, Amnesty says Amnesty says Syria executes, tortures thousands at prison; government denies |
The Strategic Suicide of Aligning With Russia in Syria Foreign Policy (blog) Donald Trump wants to make a partner of Russia in Syria. One of Trump's most consistently expressed foreign policy ideas, both during the campaign and now since his election, is that the United States and Russia are natural counterterrorism allies, and ... |
Wall Street Journal | Syria Detains Opponents, as It Reasserts Control - WSJ Wall Street Journal As Syria regains territory from weakened rebels, opposition activists and residents say the regime is using mass detentions and other security-state tactics to ... |
Washington Post | From Aleppo to America: A Syrian odyssey Washington Post BEIRUT — The Khoja family's arrival at John F. Kennedy International Airport Tuesday night marked the end of an odyssey they feared they would never complete. Beginning three years ago in the Syrian city of Aleppo, it has taken them through streets ... |
New York Times | Syria, Travel Ban, Kabul: Your Morning Briefing New York Times The Syrian government has systematically executed 5,000 to 13,000 people in mass hangings at just one military prison since the start of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, Amnesty International contends. The accounts of torture ... |
Daily Beast | Tulsi Gabbard in New Trouble Over Her Syria Jaunt Daily Beast Tulsi Gabbard's visit with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has already raised controversy. Now she's in hot water yet again for failing to comply with House ethics rules. Gabbard hasn't yet submitted the required disclosure forms which detail who paid ... |
Aljazeera.com | Intense raids kill dozens in Syria's Idlib Aljazeera.com Dozens of people, including civilians, have been killed in air strikes on the rebel-held Syrian city of Idlib, according to several sources, in some of the most ferocious raids there in months. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday ... Syria conflict: Rebel-held Idlib hit by deadly air strikes Air strikes hit Syria's rebel-held Idlib, around 30 dead: residents, monitor Russia rejects accusations of airstrikes on Syria's Idlib |
Amnesty International: Syria Used Saydnaya Prison To Murder Civilians NPR A new report by Amnesty International alleges the Syrian government conducted systematic attacks against its civilian population. Steve Inskeep talks to the report's author Nicolette Waldman. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: And I'm Steve Inskeep with news of some ... |
New York Times | Two Bakers Thrive in Brooklyn, Far From Syria's Turmoil New York Times Before he and his wife, Nawal Wardeh, fled Syria last year, the couple owned a bakery in the city of Hama for more than 30 years. They have sold their Syrian sweets, including baklava, at outdoor markets in New York, and have just started a website ... |
New York Times | ISIS Redoubt in Northern Syria Is Said to Be Nearly Encircled New York Times An important northern Syrian city held by the Islamic State, the group's last major outpost in the region, was practically surrounded Monday by pro-government and insurgent forces squeezing it from different directions, according to rebels and the ... Syria conflict: Army cuts IS supply route into al-Bab Syrian and Turkish forces choke off Islamic State supply line ISIL fighters 'besieged' in Syria's al-Bab in Aleppo |