New York Times | Inside the Air War Over Syria: A High Altitude 'Poker Game' New York Times AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar — The salvo of American cruise missiles launched at a Syrian airfield last month was intended as a one-time message to dissuade President Bashar al-Assad from mounting another chemical weapons attack. But at the high-tech ... |
Newsweek | Why We Have Different Reactions to Manchester and Syria Newsweek And while an attack in Europe garners immediate and widespread sympathy, larger atrocities such as the Syrian war seem to disappear. Why do some atrocities elicit stronger responses than others? What cognitive processes shape our compassion to human ... |
Aljazeera.com | Syria: Suicide car bombs hit Homs city, Damascus suburb Aljazeera.com Syria's state-news agency SANA also reported that four people had died in the explosion, but put the number of those wounded at 30. The Syrian government announced on Sunday that it now controls all of Homs city following a final evacuation deal with ... Explosions strike Syria's Damascus and Homs, 4 killed Car bomb explodes, kills four in Syria's Homs: state TV Blast injures dozens after Syrian Army chases rebel car bomb through downtown Homs |
Foreign Policy (blog) | Russia's Hearts-and-Minds Campaign in Syria Is Aimed at Home Foreign Policy (blog) Its staff distributed bright pink mattresses, pillows, and Russian chocolates to Syrian children. Their work was later showcased by Russia's grand mufti, Ravil Gainutdin, to a small crowd of mainly Muslim journalists inside Moscow's new grand mosque ... |
Washington Post | In Syria's devastated twin towns, tears mix with rubble Washington Post ZABADANI, Syria — Arriving with her husband and 10-year-old daughter to check on their home for the first time in five years, Adibeh Ghosn had trouble recognizing the neighborhood. In disbelief, she walked over the mounds of rubble leading to her home. |
The Guardian | UK 'vulnerable to terror attacks by jihadis unable to reach Syria' The Guardian Hamza called on followers to “avenge” the “children of Syria”, the “widows of Palestine”, the “free, honourable women of Iraq” and “the orphans of Afghanistan”. Messages like this are being supplemented with instructions to commit jihad made on ... Home Syria Syrian Army on verge of kicking ISIS out of Aleppo province: Map... US Strike on Syrian Forces: The Scramble for Post-Islamic State Syria |
The Indian Express | UN: chemical experts found sarin exposure in Syria attack Hawaii News Now UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A team from the international chemical weapons watchdog found exposure "to sarin or a sarin-like substance" in samples from an April 4 attack in northern Syria that killed over 90 people and now wants to visit the opposition-held ... UN seeks security for Syria gas attacks investigators Samples from alleged chemical attacks in Syria reveal evidence of sulfur mustard, sarin – UN official |
The Independent | Past month 'deadliest on record' for Syrian civilians killed in US-led air strikes The Independent Air strikes carried out by the US and its coalition partners in Syria have killed the highest number of civilians on record since the bombing campaign began, a war monitor has said. A total of 225 civilians, including 36 women and 44 children, were ... Deadlist month for US-led coalition in Syria: 225 civilians killed by airstrikes in 30 days Deadliest month for Syria civilians in US-led strikes US-led strikes record highest civilian toll in Syria: monitor |
Politico (blog) | Watchdog steps up demand for legal basis of Trump Syria strikes Politico (blog) A liberal watchdog group is demanding quick answers on what legal rationale supported President Donald Trump's military strikes against Syria last month. The Protect Democracy Project — an organization founded by former Obama administration lawyers ... Democracy Watchdog Turns Up Heat on White House to Answer for 'Illegal' Syria Strike |
TechCrunch | Google's new website explains Syrian refugee crisis with 360 degree photos, satellite imagery, video & more TechCrunch The charitable arm of Google and the UN have teamed up on a new website aimed at helping people better understand the Syrian refugee crisis through the combination of data from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) along with ... Google and the UN answer Syria queries with a poignant website Searching for Syria? Google and UNHCR offer answers to five top questions Google explains the Syrian refugee crisis with a new interactive website |