Posts Tagged: Syrian War
Syrian Farmer Lost Wife and Sons to War; Grandchildren are His Solace
Abdel Razzak al-Khatoun was a well-to-do farmer in Syria's rural Hama province. Ten years after the civil war began, he is penniless, homeless and living...
Turkey Opens Frontier for Syrian Refugees to Enter Europe After Strike Kills Troops
Refugees in Turkey headed towards European frontiers on Friday after an official declared that borders had been thrown open in response to the escalating war...
Russia Casts 13th Veto of UN Security Council Action During Syrian War
Russia cast its 13th veto on Thursday of UN Security Council action on the Syrian conflict, blocking a demand for a truce in northwest Syria...
Assad Hits a Wall in Syrian War as Front Lines Harden
President Bashar al-Assad's assault in the northwest has been met with a painful rebel counterpunch that underlines Turkish resolve to keep the area out of...
UN Investigators Hot on Trail of Syrian War Criminals
International investigators are moving ever closer to finding justice for victims of atrocities in Syria's eight-year war that has killed hundreds of thousands of people,...
Hezbollah Says Rocket Attack on Golan Marks ‘New Phase’
The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah group said on Monday a missile salvo into Israeli's Golan Heights last week marked a new phase in the Syrian...
How the World Could See the End of War
"Where will it end? When will it all be lulled back into sleep, and cease, the bloody hatred, the destruction?" -- Aeschylus (Oresteia), presenting the ending of Agamemnon. The...
UN, EU Call for Return to Syria Peace Talks
The European Union and the United Nations on Tuesday called for swift political talks to end the long war in Syria, saying the latest territorial...
Arab Leaders Call for Probe Into Syria Chemical Attacks, Condemn Iran
An Arab League summit called on Sunday for an international probe into the "criminal" use of chemical weapons in Syria and condemned what it saw...
Netanyahu Says Israel Remains Committed to Treating Syrian War Wounded, Reaffirms Support for US Strikes
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel remained committed to treating war wounded from Syria and reaffirmed his support for last week's US air...
ISIS General Seen Decapitating Hostage Reportedly Returns to Europe With 400 Soldiers After Fleeing Syria
An ISIS general once pictured decapitating a prisoner is back in Europe with up to 400 of his most trusted soldiers after fleeing the war...
US Left Out of Russia-Iran-Turkey Meeting on Reaching Syria Peace Deal
Russia, Iran and Turkey met in Moscow on Tuesday to work toward a political accord to end Syria’s nearly six-year war, leaving the United States...
The World Cannot Ignore Assad’s Crimes
JNS.org - It was one of the most dramatic moments so far in the five-year civil war that has torn Syria apart. In August 2014, a man...
Military Commander Worries Islamic State Militants in Caribbean Could Reach US Border
The D Brief - The war in Syria has attracted roughly 100 foreign fighters from the Caribbean who could easily make their way to the...
