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40 dead as bombs tear apart Aleppo
Three car bombs tore into the heart of Aleppo Wednesday, killing at least 40 people and wounding 90, mostly soldiers, a watchdog said, as television broadcast scenes of devastation in Syria’s commercial capital. In parts of the capital, meanwhile, troops were deployed in large numbers and set up many more…
Web video shows U.S. journalist missing in Syria
WASHINGTON — An Internet video has surfaced appearing to show a US reporter missing in Syria, in what would be the first direct sign of him since his disappearance in August. Two news organizations which have employed the freelance journalist Austin Tice said the 47-second YouTube video did appear to…
Over 300 die in bloodiest day of Syria revolt: NGO
More than 305 people were killed across Syria on Wednesday, making it the bloodiest single day of the 18-month revolt, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. “This is the highest toll in a single day since March 2011. And this is only counting those whose names have been documented.…
Syria’s extraordinary archaeological heritage falls prey to war
Syria’s extraordinary archaeological heritage has fallen prey to the fighting ravaging the country for more than 18 months, with destruction, theft and systematic looting on the rise. In a country where corruption and trafficking of archaeological artefacts and treasures was already a chronic problem, widespread clashes and a power vacuum…
UN deplores ‘gross’ rights abuses in Syrian clashes
UN officials have denounced gross human rights violations by both sides in Syria, as fighting rages in the second city Aleppo with the army claiming to have secured much of a strategic district. “Midan is under the control of the army,” a military official told AFP Monday, a claim backed…
Iran admits its elite forces operating in Syria
DAMASCUS — Syrian troops on Sunday fought rebel fighters in the country’s two main cities Damascus and Aleppo, as Iran acknowledged for the first time it has elite forces present in Syria and Lebanon as “counsellors.” The relentless violence affected the start on Sunday of the educational year, with activists…
Syrian army battles rebels near Aleppo airport
Syrian troops and rebels clashed near Aleppo’s international airport on Wednesday, a watchdog said, but it was unclear whether it was part of a rebel offensive to seize the facility. The fighting erupted at dawn in the Nayrab area, around five kilometers (three miles) from the northern city’s airport, which…
Dim hope of success for Syria peace envoy: analysts
Syria peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi faces the arduous task of seeking an end to a bloody conflict that has dim hopes of a peaceful outcome, as world powers remain divided over a solution, analysts say. “Mr Brahimi’s mission, by his own account, has little chance of success,” said Middle East…
Russia seeks UN backing of Syria peace plan
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia — Russia said Saturday it would ask the UN Security Council to endorse a plan to end the raging violence in Syria, but the United States insisted that any resolution had to have teeth. Russia has been the main diplomatic and military supporter of Syria’s embattled President Bashar…
Peace envoy calls Syria death toll ‘staggering’
UNITED NATIONS — New UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said Tuesday the death toll in Syria was “staggering” and destruction from its war “catastrophic” in his first comments to the UN General Assembly. Brahimi said he would go to Damascus “in a few days” and that a united international stance…
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