New York Times | In a Syria Refuge, Extremists Exert Greater Control New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon — After surviving a siege by Syrian forces, Firas al-Rahim and his family were removed from a rebel-held area of Homs province in central Syria and taken to an impoverished territory in the northwest. But since Mr. Rahim, his wife and ... Syria war: Killing of White Helmet workers condemned 7 White Helmets rescuers shot dead in Syria gun attack US condemns killing of seven White Helmets rescuers in Syria |
Los Angeles Times | Departure of Syrian rebels and refugees from Lebanon raises specter of forced returns Los Angeles Times For the second time in a matter of weeks, thousands of rebel fighters and civilian refugees who had found a haven in Lebanon are being transported back to Syria to live in what is being billed as a “safe zone” in the war-torn country. Depending on the ... Hezbollah leader says Syrian government 'will stay on' Hezbollah Leader: World Needs to Accept That Syria's Assad Is Here to Stay Hezbollah steers Lebanon closer to Syria, straining efforts to stay neutral |
Aljazeera.com | Syrian government doubles territory under its control Aljazeera.com The Syrian government has increased the size of the territory under its control by two-and-a-half times in just two months, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Sunday, as Syrian forces backed by regional allies and the Russian air force ... Russia says Syrian government doubled territory it controls Unique footage of Russian jets destroying ISIL oil facilities in central Syria Russia: Syrian Forces Recaptured Large Amount Of Territory In Recent Months |
Independent.ie | The Latest: US Condemns Killing of 7 White Helmets in Syria U.S. News & World Report Lebanon's political parties are split over whether to restore relations with the pariah Syrian leader. Hezbollah has invested heavily in Assad's survival. More than a thousand of its fighters have died fighting alongside government forces in Syria ... Syrian rebels claim deaths of 20 army soldiers in tunnel blast |
Washington Post | Syria's Assad has become an icon of the far right in America Washington Post BEIRUT — Among the postings on what might have been the Facebook page of James Alex Fields Jr., the driver of the car that killed a counterprotester at the right-wing demonstrations in Charlottesville, Va. on Saturday, were images of far-right ... The West's abandonment of Syria is a crime Syria investigator del Ponte says enough evidence to convict Assad of war crimes: SonntagsZeitung Enough evidence to convict Syria's Assad of war crimes: prosecutor |
The Intercept | The Voices of Syria Have Always Been Ignored by the West The Intercept that remains undeciphered by those who are determining the fate of that ancient land. Wendy Pearlman writes in “We Cross a Bridge and It Trembled,” her book of interviews with exiles from Syria's six-year war, “One wonders what might have been ... |
Lion rescued from Syria zoo gives birth in Jordan reserve ABC News In this Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017 photo, a lion rescued from a zoo in the war-torn Syrian city of Aleppo cuddles her newborn cub in the Ma'wa Wildlife Reserve in northern Jordan. The odds had been stacked against “Hajar,” a lion cub born just hours after ... |
The Sun | British sniper on the front line against ISIS in Syria despite being SHOT vows the terror group will be crushed soon The Sun A BRITISH sniper battling against ISIS on the Syrian front line has said the terror group will soon be “finished”. Holding a scoped rifle, Jac Holmes, a former IT worker and painter, has told of his fierce battles with the terror group and admitted he ... 22 Pictures That Show How Complicated The Front Lines In Syria Really Are 'They nicknamed me 'Tim the Cannibal': Ex-soldier who ran away to Syria to fight ISIS without even telling his WIFE ... Displaced Syrians in need of aid, medical resources |
NPR | UN: More Than 600000 Syrians Have Returned Home In 2017 NPR A rising number of Syrians who fled are returning to their homes, with more than 600,000 going back in the first seven months of this year, according to the International Organization for Migration. The U.N. migration agency says that number is ... Displaced Syrians heading home in larger numbers: IOM Over 600000 displaced Syrians returned home so far this year – UN agency PressTV-Syrians return home in droves, mostly to Aleppo |
The Guardian | We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled review – voices from Syria The Guardian Everyone talks about Syrians, but very few actually talk to them. Perhaps that's why Syria's revolution and war have been so badly misunderstood in the west – variously as a US-led regime-change plot, an ancient Sunni-Shia conflict or a struggle ... |