The Guardian | Australia to resume air combat missions over Syria The Guardian Australia will resume air combat missions over Syria after the Australian Defence Force lifted a temporary suspension initially sparked by Russian threats to shoot down coalition planes. The defence department declared the suspension on Tuesday after ... US on collision course with Syria and Iran once de facto Islamic State capital falls The US Enters a New Phase in Syria Downing of drones in Syria threatens to draw US, Iran further into war |
MarketWatch | Opinion: The US and Iran are headed for a collision in Syria MarketWatch Iran and its proxies have already begun to shape post-ISIS Syria, and eastern Syria is the most important theater. Yet recent events show that Iranian-backed forces advancing there will inevitability collide with two hostile forces, and compete with ... Iran's Khamenei ordered missile strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria: Guards Iran Escalates Involvement in Syria With Anti-IS Missile Strike Israel Mocks Iran's First Strike on ISIS in Syria As 'A Flop' |
The Nation. | The Iran-US Drone War in Syria Could Quickly Spin Out of Control The Nation. Tensions between the United States and Iran have heated up in recent weeks, as the two tangle over the shape of postwar Syria and Iraq. The United States is attempting to block Iran from overland access to Syria, and the ayatollahs are pushing back ... Israel and Jordan Grow Closer as Iranian Foothold in Southern Syria Grows Stronger Rebels say Syrian army, Iranian-backed militias launch offensive in eastern desert |
The Independent | Record number of women killed in US-led air strikes in Syria and Iraq in May The Independent A record number of women were killed in US-led coalition air strikes against Isis targets in Syria and Iraq last month, a monitoring tracking civilian casualties caused by airstrikes in the Middle East has said. At least 57 women died in coalition air ... Iconic Grand al-Nuri mosque in Iraq's Mosul 'blown up' |
Washington Post | Australia lifts suspension of airstrikes against IS in Syria Washington Post CANBERRA, Australia — Australia said Thursday it had lifted a suspension of its airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria that was imposed amid tensions with Russia after a U.S. fighter jet shot down a Syrian warplane this week. The Defense ... Australia to resume anti-ISIS airstrikes in Syria – defense chief |
Military Times | Activists say Turkey bolsters its troops in northern Syria Military Times Turkey, which first sent ground forces into Syria last year, perceives the Syrian Kurdish fighters as an extension of its Kurdish insurgents who have waged a three decade-long insurgency against Ankara. Syrian opposition forces, for their part, accuse ... |
New York Times | Polio Paralyzes 17 Children in Syria, WHO Says New York Times It is the second outbreak of the crippling disease to hit Syria since the war began, and largely reflected the inability of health workers to immunize all children caught in conflict zones where access is difficult and sanitation is poor. The polio ... WHO says child from Raqqa among 15 new polio cases in Syria Syria war: Polio paralyses 17 children in Mayadin and Raqqa Syria polio outbreak leaves 17 children paralyzed |
France's Macron says sees no legitimate successor to Syria's Assad Reuters He said Assad was an enemy of the Syrian people, but not of France and that Paris' priority was fighting terrorist groups and ensuring Syria did not become a failed state. His comments were in stark contrast to those of the previous French ... |
Esquire.com | When You Think of Syria, Think of Reciprocity Esquire.com There is nothing surprising in the fact that our missiles worked, or that our Hornet could engage and destroy the Syrian Air Force jet with near impunity at the individual level. What is more concerning is the frightening implications of the second and ... |
The Independent | Grenfell Tower fire: Syrian victim Mohammed Alhajali is first to receive funeral in east London The Independent The first funeral for one of the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire took place in a packed ceremony attended by his family who had flown in from Syria and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan. Prayers were said for Syrian Refugee Mohammad Alhajali - the first ... 'His very last words to us were how much he missed us': Grieving parents fly from Syria to bury their refugee son ... |