The Atlantic | Trump's Syria Ceasefire Is Doomed The Atlantic In that event, the Syrian government could shift its forces away from southwestern Syria and direct them against ISIS. Of course, it's just as likely that the Syrian government would move its forces to the Damascus suburbs where it is doggedly fighting ... US says Russia willing to deploy monitors for Syria ceasefire How the Russians Suckered Trump in Syria, and Iran Comes Out the Big Winner White House aide says Israel was part of Syria ceasefire talks |
Albany Times Union | Warriors, dreamers and just plain crazy: US civilian volunteers fighting Islamic State in Syria Los Angeles Times Howard is not one of the hundreds of U.S. troops deployed in Syria. The U.S. Marine Corps veteran from San Francisco came here as a volunteer, part of a small group of freelance recruits who have traveled to Syria from the U.S., Europe and other ... Occupy Wall Street medic with Capital Region ties killed in Syria Father of Occupy Wall Street's first 'occubaby' killed fighting against Islamic State in Syria California Man Killed By ISIS Troops in Syria, Family Says |
Washington Post | Weary Syrians trickle back home to government-held areas Washington Post BEIRUT — They left their homes to escape the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad, and now they are going back. Worn out from months of living in tents, about 150 Syrian families decided this week to return to the city of Homs — even if it ... |
Reuters | Traumatized civilians fleeing Syria's Raqqa in droves: UN official Reuters BEIRUT (Reuters) - Scores of civilians are fleeing Syria's Raqqa traumatized, with families torn apart and conditions worsening as the battle to oust Islamic State intensifies, a senior U.N. official said on Thursday. The number of people escaping has ... ISIS Terror in Syria: American Volunteer Dead Fighting Alongside Anti-ISIS Militia First, a Symbol of Occupy Wall Street. Then He Waded Into Syria. Syria: US troops operating alongside SDF inside Raqqa – video |
Business Insider | Russia wants more of its allies to join the fight in Syria Business Insider Russia is pushing its allies to join the fight in Syria in hopes of broadening its influence in the Middle East, Uran Botobekov wrote in a Jamestown Foundation report. The chairman of the Russian State Duma Defense Committee, Col. Gen. Vladimir ... |
New York Times | Truce in Part of Syria, Announced by Trump, Survives First Day New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon — Representatives of Syria's warring parties gathered in Geneva on Monday for the seventh round of peace talks, as a limited truce, negotiated by their big-power backers, appeared to be holding for a full day in southwest Syria ... Trump and Putin's Syria Ceasefire Effectively Lets Assad Off the Hook Ceasefire in Syria's southwest largely holds: monitor A ceasefire in Syria that lasts? Doubtful, say watchers across border |
Bloomberg | Trump Says US Seeks a Syria Cease-Fire in a Second Area Bloomberg President Donald Trump said the U.S. is working to expand a regional cease-fire in the Syrian civil war to a second zone, saying it may prove to be the first step toward ending a civil war that has killed more than 400,000 people and sent millions more ... |
Al-Monitor | Pentagon wants to build new US facilities in Iraq, Syria Al-Monitor In a policy statement released Tuesday night, the White House argues that US troops are hamstrung by legal restrictions on their ability to expand US military infrastructure “in both Iraq and Syria.” The administration wants lawmakers to extend ... |
The Independent | Pro-Assad and opposition TV studio guests fight on air The Independent OTV uploaded a clip to its YouTube channel of the fight on Monday between Bilal Daqmaq, a prominent Lebanese cleric and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad critic, and former Syrian MP Ahmad Shlash, who supports the government in the Syrian civil war. |
News Deeply | The Syrian Grave Digger and His Cemetery for Refugees in Lebanon News Deeply DARAYA, Lebanon – A cemetery for Syrians lies in the valley below the Lebanese village of Daraya. Large oak trees surround the graveyard, which smells of the herbal balm usually spread over the dead before funerals. Many of the graves are planted with ... Refugees return to Syria from Lebanon in Hezbollah-mediated deal |