1947 – U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the Presidential Succession Act putting the speaker of the House and Senate pro tem in line after the vice president. 1962 – None of the presidential candidates receives the one-third vote necessary for ele [Read story...]
Dismantling ISIL’s propaganda machine
James Denselow is a writer on Middle East politics and security issues and a research associate at the Foreign Policy Centre. The killing of some 25 Syrian soldiers in the amphitheatre in Palmyra last weekend was the latest example of the Islamic Sta [Read story...]
UN envoy to present new Syria peace plan
A man looks at damage out of a hole in the wall from what activists said was barrel bombs dropped by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar Al Assad in Al Hara town in Daraa yesterday. United Nations: The UN peace envoy for Syria plans to present n [Read story...]
Syrian army says closing in on IS-held Palmyra
The Syrian army releases video it says shows a major offensive underway to recapture the historic city of Palmyra from Islamic State fighters. Jillian Kitchener reports. [Read story...]
Blast damages citadel wall in Syria’s UNESCO-listed Aleppo
Beirut, Jul 12 : A bomb explosion today in a tunnel near Aleppo Citadel in Syria damaged a wall of the fortress that is part of the UNESCO-listed Old City, state media and a monitor reported. The blast partly destroyed the wall of the monumental 13th [Read story...]
Homage to Zenobia
‘s first major military victory against the forces of the Assad government. The Army fled, leaving the jihadis in control of sizable gas reserves, the brutal prison where thousands of Islamists and political dissidents had formerly been held , and th [Read story...]
US, allies target Islamic State with 27 air strikes in Syria, Iraq
WASHINGTON: U.S.-led forces conducted 16 air strikes in Syria and 11 more in Iraq against Islamic State forces on Saturday, the Combined Joint Task Force leading the air operations said on Sunday. In Syria, air strikes that were carried out using bom [Read story...]
Poland accepts over 150 Syrian…
More than 150 Christians fleeing war in Syria came to Warsaw by a chartered plane from Beirut on Friday night with an aim to settle down in Poland. Most of the refugees come from Damascus. [Read story...]
Destination Greece: Risking all to cross the Med in search of a better life
It is just after 3:00am and so dark I worry we might run over migrant boats without even noticing them. We are on patrol with the coast guard on the Greek island of Kos, a few nautical miles off Turkey. [Read story...]
Yesterday’s rebels, today’s establishment
John Bell is Director of the Middle East Programme at the Toledo International Centre for Peace in Madrid. He is a former UN and Canadian diplomat, and served as Political Adviser to the Personal Representative of the UN Secretary-General for souther [Read story...]
US-Israeli Imperialists Plot Downfall of Syria and Iran – Center for Research on Globalization
Center for Research on GlobalizationUS-Israeli Imperialists Plot Downfall of Syria and IranCenter for Research on Globalizationnsnbc : U.S. Senator Rand Paul told the TV channel CNN that the U.S. armed ISIS because it supported its allies in Syria. P [Read story...]
Conservatives hope Labour will back British bombing campaign in Syria – The Guardian
BBC NewsConservatives hope Labour will back British bombing campaign in SyriaThe GuardianThe government will begin attempting to persuade Labour to back British involvement in a bombing campaign in Syria by inviting the party's interim leader, Ha [Read story...]
Destroying Syria to Make It Safe for American Values – Center for Research on Globalization
Center for Research on GlobalizationDestroying Syria to Make It Safe for American ValuesCenter for Research on GlobalizationSyria was always regarded as the beating heart of the Arab world and its intellectual epicenter. It was also the progenitor of [Read story...]
Destroying Syria to Make It Safe for American Values – Center for Research on Globalization
Center for Research on GlobalizationDestroying Syria to Make It Safe for American ValuesCenter for Research on GlobalizationSyria was always regarded as the beating heart of the Arab world and its intellectual epicenter. It was also the progenitor of [Read story...]
Malala: ‘Stingy’ World Must Boost Aid to Syrian Refugees – ABC News
ABC NewsMalala: 'Stingy' World Must Boost Aid to Syrian RefugeesABC NewsRich countries should spend less on weapons in the Syrian civil war and more on education, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai said Monday, calling world leaders [Read story...]
Malala: ‘Stingy’ World Must Boost Aid to Syrian Refugees – ABC News
ABC NewsMalala: 'Stingy' World Must Boost Aid to Syrian RefugeesABC NewsRich countries should spend less on weapons in the Syrian civil war and more on education, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai said Monday, calling world leaders [Read story...]
Has the World Forgotten Syria? The True Scope of the Refugee Crisis Will Shock … – IJ Review
IJ ReviewHas the World Forgotten Syria? The True Scope of the Refugee Crisis Will Shock …IJ ReviewThe refugee crisis for Syrian began in 2011, according to MercyCorps, during the Arab Spring movement. In the city of Daraa, 15 children were arrested [Read story...]
Smugglers dodge Turkish army on border with Islamic State-held Syria – Yahoo News
Yahoo NewsSmugglers dodge Turkish army on border with Islamic State-held SyriaYahoo NewsELBEYLI, Turkey (Reuters) – Emerging into Turkish territory through a field of towering corn a stone's throw from the Syrian border, more than a dozen men mak [Read story...]
Hezbollah threatens Islamic State in Syria: Surrender or die – Ynetnews
YnetnewsHezbollah threatens Islamic State in Syria: Surrender or dieYnetnewsHezbollah and the Syrian regime's intensive operation to reclaim Zabadani, which was captured by the rebels in 2013, includes ground fighting, artillery shelling and mass [Read story...]
ISIS’ chief singer and songwriter killed in Syria, activists say – CBS News
CBS NewsISIS' chief singer and songwriter killed in Syria, activists sayCBS NewsSupporters of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) confirmed on Twitter that the extremist group's chief singer and songwriter has been killed in airstrikes [Read story...]
Two Islamic State leaders killed in Syria air strike: Observatory – Yahoo News
Yahoo NewsTwo Islamic State leaders killed in Syria air strike: ObservatoryYahoo NewsU.S. President Barack Obama said last week the coalition was intensifying its campaign in northern Syria. The Kurdish YPG militia have made a series of advances agai [Read story...]
Full circle: Syria to Sicily – BBC News
BBC NewsFull circle: Syria to SicilyBBC NewsShe travelled by ship to Syria, where she had a brother and where, in 1945, she gave birth to a baby boy. That boy never knew his father, never learned Italian, never set foot on Italian soil. But he was ba [Read story...]
US seeks Security Council action to identify perpetrators of chemical weapons attacks in Syria
The United States circulated a draft U.N. resolution Thursday aimed at identifying the perpetrators of chemical weapons attacks in Syria. The United States has been promoting Security Council action to assess blame for an increasing number of alleged [Read story...]
Syrian army within several kilometers of Palmyra: monitor
Airstrikes continue in the ancient city despite lingering concerns for the state of the city’s ancient sites. Soldiers from the Syrian army backed by warplanes on Thursday advanced on Daesh positions to within several kilometers of the ancient city o [Read story...]
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