CNN | US led-coalition permits pro-Syrian regime airstrike in unusual move CNN Tuesday's strike, which took place near the US-manned At-Tanf Garrison on Syria's southern border, was intended to protect Iranian-backed Shia militia fighters aligned with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad who had come under attack from anti-government ... Syrian Forces Threaten to Fight Back After US Military Strikes Multiple Times Hezbollah Threatens to Strike US in Syria Over 'Red Lines' The United States Is Getting Dragged Into the Fight for Syria's South |
Los Angeles Times | Pentagon says deadly airstrike in Syria was legal and on-target, but may have killed one civilian Los Angeles Times A U.S. military investigation has concluded that an airstrike targeting a meeting of Al Qaeda operatives in Syria was legal, on target and did not inadvertently kill scores of civilians as humanitarian groups have alleged. The Pentagon's classified ... US Calls Syria Airstrike Lawful—but Human Rights Groups Disagree US military says airstrike in Syria was legal US Says Syria Bombing Was Legal; Rights Group Disputes Findings |
Washington Post | As ISIS retreats in Syria, US and Iran scramble for control Washington Post BEIRUT — U.S.- and Iran-backed forces are locked in a race to take Islamic State strongholds in southeastern Syria and seize a stretch of land that will either cement Tehran's regional ambitions or stifle them. The scramble for pole position in Deir ... |
Reuters | Pro-Assad alliance threatens to hit US positions in Syria Reuters The statement from the pro-Assad alliance was issued in the name of the "commander of the operations room of the forces allied to Syria", and was circulated by a military news unit run by the Lebanese group Hezbollah, one of Assad's military allies. After warnings, US wages new strike on pro-Syria government forces US strikes pro-Syrian regime forces 15 miles from coalition training facility in Syria US Carries Out Another Airstrike in Syria |
Washington Post | US sculptor focuses London exhibit on Iraq, Syria conflicts Washington Post The 15-foot high statue of an lamassu — a human-headed winged bull — reflects the “mass migration that's happened out of Iraq and Syria in the past few years,” and is a “kind of placeholder for those lives that can't be reconstructed and for those ... |
New York Times | US-Backed Forces Begin Assault on Raqqa, ISIS Stronghold in Syria New York Times The forces, collectively called the Syrian Democratic Forces and made up of Syrian Kurdish fighters and Arab militias, have over the past month surrounded Raqqa from the east, north and west. On Tuesday, they began an assault on the city limits, aided ... US coalition begins 'long and difficult' battle for Islamic State's Raqqa stronghold US-backed Syrian force attacks ISIS de facto capital Raqqa Raqqa: Syrian Kurdish-led forces launch offensive on IS 'capital' |
PRI | The life and death of one of Syria's most beloved minesweepers PRI In April, just days before he was killed, Abu al-Fadl spoke to Syria Deeply about his work dismantling explosives in al-Bab, a former militant stronghold in the eastern Aleppo countryside, where an estimated 15,000 land mines are believed to have been ... |
Consortium News | NYT's New Syria-Sarin Report Challenged Consortium News For their part, the Syrian government and the Russians said Syrian planes conducted no airstrike early in the morning but did attack the area around noon. They speculated that the noontime attack may have struck chemical weapons stored by the jihadists ... |
Newsweek | Family of Syrian Boy Who Became a Symbol of the Aleppo Siege Claim the Syrian Opposition Used Him for Propaganda Newsweek The family of Omran Daqneesh, the four-year-old Syrian boy who became an international symbol of Aleppo under siege, has said he was used by opposition activists for propaganda purposes. Shocking images of the toddler — bloodied, covered in dust and ... Syrian boy in viral images re-emerges in interviews Syrian Boy Who Became Image of Civil War Reappears Syrian boy in famous Aleppo siege photo interviewed by pro-government TV presenter |
iNews | The gaps in the party manifestos about Syria iNews Having 'led to opposition to the current bombing of Syria', will seek a political resolution to end the conflict in accordance with UN Security Council resolution 2254. On the struggle against Daesh/ISIS, it must be pursued by more than military means ... |