Foreign Policy (blog) | Trump's Syria Strategy Hinges on Russia Foreign Policy (blog) Six months into his presidency, President Donald Trump has made several moves highlighting the administration's thinking on the war in Syria. For example, his decision to empower the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) for the assault on ... |
The Independent | War crimes prosecutor quits UN panel on Syrian civil war because it's 'pointless' The Independent An international war crimes prosecutor has resigned from her position on the UN's investigative panel into human rights abuses in the Syrian civil war because she is so frustrated with its inability to hold criminals to account, it has emerged. “I give up. 'Everyone in Syria is bad': UN war crimes prosecutor QUITS after losing faith in ever bringing criminals in the ... UN prosecutor resigns over inaction on Syria's war crimes Syria investigator Del Ponte tells Euronews why she quit |
CNN International | Inside Syria's safe zones, Russia and Assad hold the cards CNN International US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that the agreement to establish de-escalation zones in Syria's southwestern regions of Darra, Quneitra and Suwayda -- where the US and Jordan wield a lot of influence among moderate rebel groups -- could be a ... Economics Could Be the Key to Ending the Syrian Civil War |
U.S. News & World Report | Syrian Activist Gives Scraps With Prisoners' Names to Museum U.S. News & World Report Mansour al-Omari, a Syrian human-rights activist documenting cases of people who have disappeared under President Bashar Assad's government, shows scraps of fabric with the names of fellow inmates he is presenting to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial ... |
CNN | War crimes prosecutor quits Syria inquiry over UN inaction CNN Del Ponte was one of three members on the UN-appointed panel tasked with probing human rights violations in Syria, including chemical weapons attacks, torture of prisoners, and the targeting of hospitals. "I am quitting this commission, which is not ... UN chief supports UN commission on Syria despite resignation 'I Give Up': Top War Crimes Expert Resigns From UN's Syria Inquiry UN Syria investigator quits over concern about Russian obstruction |
VICE News | Al Qaeda is thriving in Syria's chaos VICE News In the shadow of ISIS' barbaric rise in Syria and Iraq, another familiar terror group is experiencing a quiet renaissance: al Qaeda. Al Qaeda officially entered Syria's civil war in January 2012 with the explicit goal of dislodging President Bashar ... |
Newsweek | Shiite Militia Blames US for Attack That Killed Dozens on the Syria-Iraq Border Newsweek The U.S.-led coalition in Iraq and Syria has denied killing dozens of Shiite militia fighters in an artillery attack near the al-Tanf border. The Iran-backed Sayyid al-Shuhada Brigade operating along the border between Iraq and Syria had earlier ... Why foreigners decide to fight for terrorist groups in Syria : UN report Iraqi Shiite militia says 40 of its fighters killed in Syria US denies bombing Iraqi Shi'ite militia near Syrian border |
Los Angeles Times | As Turkey's political divisions deepen, Syrian refugees in Istanbul worry about being caught in the middle Los Angeles Times The night of last year's attempted coup in Turkey, Alaa Khaldi considered packing his bags. The 31-year-old Syrian refugee from Damascus, who fled to Turkey in 2015, was worried that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan would fall. Erdogan's Islamist ... Turkey hints at new operation in Syria After military shake-up, Erdogan says Turkey to tackle Kurds in Syria US-backed Kurds release video showing them destroying a Turkish tank in Syria |
The Times of Israel | US-led coalition strikes kill 29 civilians in Syria: monitor Reuters BEIRUT (Reuters) - Airstrikes by a U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State killed at least 29 civilians including 14 children in 24 hours in the jihadists' Syrian capital of Raqqa, a war monitor said late on Tuesday. The dead included a family of 14 ... US-led raids in Syria said to kill 29 civilians in 24 hours US-led coalition kill 29 civilians in air strikes in Syria, monitor says US-led coalition air raids kill 29 civilians in Raqqa |
David Swanson - Purposeless Death in Syria Scoop.co.nz I won't have time to list all the reasons I want U.S. military planes and drones out of Syrian skies much less all the reasons people have noted in comments on our petition, but there's no question what my first reason is, although it's not a reason ... |