BBC News | US-backed forces battling for IS-held air base in Syria The Spokesman-Review BEIRUT – U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish forces captured a strategically important air base from Islamic State militants in north Syria on Sunday in the first major victory for the group since the U.S. airlifted the forces behind enemy lines four days ago. Syria rebels 'take control' of IS-held airbase near Raqqa US-backed forces capture Syrian airport held by Islamic State Syria US-backed fighters take IS-held airport: Spokesman |
The Drive | Syria Says It Will Rain Scud Missiles On Israel If Airstrikes Don't Stop The Drive Multiple outlets are reporting that Russia has delivered a message to the Israel government on behalf of Syria's Assad regime stating that any more Israel Air Force strikes into Syrian territory will be answered with a barrage of Scud missiles. In ... Analysis: Syrian threats to attack Israel with Scud missiles are a bluff Putin's red line in Syria is not an invitation for Israel to play Russian roulette with Assad Report: Syria Threatens To Fire Scud Missiles At Israel |
Monitor | Local doctor compelled to aid fellow Syrians amid civil war Monitor Dr. Monzer Yazji has grown a large medical practice since moving to the Rio Grande Valley over 20 years ago, but for the past six years he has also provided medical aid for civilians during the ongoing civil war in his native country of Syria. Yazji is ... |
Reuters | Syrian opposition 'fed up with terrorists', seeks help against Assad Reuters Syria's government has always cited the fight against terrorism to justify its part in a six-year war that has killed hundreds of thousands, and brands all its opponents and their backers as terrorists and sponsors of terror. The opposition's chief ... |
Waco Tribune-Herald | Airstrikes across rebel-held Syria kill and wound scores Waco Tribune-Herald Syrian Civil Defense workers put out a fire in a house after airstrikes hit Maarat al-Nuaman town in Idlib province, Syria, on Saturday. Airstrikes across rebel-held Syria kill and wound scores. Uncredited ... Syrian, Russian Warplanes Pound Rebel Targets; Scores Killed, Wounded Air Strikes Kill At Least 16 In Syria's Idlib Dozens killed in prison airstrike in Syria's Idlib |
AMN Al-Masdar News (registration) | Syrian Army secures vital highway in central Syria AMN Al-Masdar News (registration) BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:35 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) carried out an important field operation on Saturday that targeted the jihadist groups occupying territory along the Salamiyah-Homs Highway. Led by their special forces, the Syrian Arab Army ... Syrian army prepares Hama counterattack ahead of renewed peace talks |
Al-Monitor | What's Chechnya doing in Syria? Al-Monitor Kadyrov initially denied any such presence, but suggested that if the Kremlin had to give the order, the troops stationed in Chechnya would be happy to go “fight the scum in Syria.” In January, the Chechen leader admitted that a military police ... |
AMN Al-Masdar News (registration) | Western-backed rebels capture three villages in southern Syria AMN Al-Masdar News (registration) BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:10 P.M.) – The western-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) forces seized three new villages near the Iraqi border on Sunday, expanding their control over more territory in the Al-Sweida countryside. According to the official media wing of ... |
U.S. News & World Report | UN Envoy Calls on Powers to Salvage Syrian Ceasefire U.S. News & World Report "Growing violations in recent days are undermining the ceasefire regime addressed through the Astana meetings, with significant negative consequences for the safety of Syrian civilians, humanitarian access and the momentum of the political process," de ... 'No miracles' in Geneva talks as Syria fighting rages UN pleads with Iran, Russia, Turkey to prevent collapse of Syria truce Note to Correspondents: Statement by the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria |
AMN Al-Masdar News (registration) | Syrian Kurds call for independence or confederation in Geneva AMN Al-Masdar News (registration) BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:55 P.M.) – The commission for constitutional review that arrived in Geneva is composed of Syrian legal experts and opposition members and is headed by Syrian opposition figure, leader of the Movement of the Pluralistic Society Randa ... |