Tag: Syria

UN says ready to get aid into Syria despite gov’t

UN says ready to get aid into Syria despite gov’t

Cara Anna · May 22, 2014 9:52 pm

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian army soldier walks in front of Aleppo prison in Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, May 22, 2014. Syrian troops backed by airstrikes broke a yearlong rebel siege of a prison in the northern city of Aleppo Thursday, allowing President Bashar Assad's forces to close in on a nearby command center of a coalition of Islamist rebel groups, opposition activists said. (AP Photo/SANA)

Syrian tanks roll into Aleppo prison grounds

Zeina Karam · May 22, 2014 7:31 pm

FILE - Members of the United Nations Security Council, including Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, foreground second from left, raise their hands in this April 14, 2012 file photo taken at U.N. headquarters. The U.N. Security Council faces a dramatic vote Thursday May 22, 2014 on referring the Syrian crisis to the International Criminal Court for investigation of possible war crimes, with dozens of countries signing on to embarrass Russia which vowed to kill the measure that demands a path to justice. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

Russia, China veto UN move to refer Syria to ICC

CARA ANNAEDITH M. LEDERER · May 22, 2014 2:43 pm

Obama discusses Syria with Jordan’s King Abdullah

Obama discusses Syria with Jordan’s King Abdullah

Washington Examiner · May 21, 2014 11:22 pm

Russia says it will veto UN resolution on Syria

Russia says it will veto UN resolution on Syria

Cara Anna · May 21, 2014 10:00 pm

A Syrian doctor, right, who works at a Lebanese medical charity clinic, treats a Syrian man lies on the bed, left, in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Wednesday May 21, 2014. Syrian refugees in Lebanon lack access to specialized medical care like dialysis and cancer treatment, forcing some to risk their lives to return to their war-ravaged country for health care, according to a report by Amnesty International released Wednesday. (AP Photo)

Syrian troops advance toward Aleppo prison

BARBARA SURKZEINA KARAM · May 21, 2014 5:42 pm

This photo provided by the anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center (AMC), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a Syrian young inspecting the rubble of houses that were destroyed by airstrikes from the Syrian government forces in Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, May 18, 2014. Syrian rebels captured a village in northwestern Syria on Sunday, killing more than a dozen government troops in heavy clashes and prompting the military to carry out airstrikes to try to dislodge the fighters, activists said. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center)

Syrian army missile kills family, activists say

Diaa Hadid · May 20, 2014 4:13 pm

In Saturday, April 5, 2014 photo, Ahmed Mahmoud, 12, shows his wrist band with colors of the Syrian revolution flag, near his family's makeshift tent in an unofficial Syrian refugee camp on the outskirts of Amman, Jordan. For Ahmed, school is a distant memory. He helps his father sell vegetables in a wholesale market near their camp where he has lived the past year.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

AP PHOTOS: Syrian refugee children lose education

Khalil Hamra · May 20, 2014 9:37 am

This photo provided by the anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center (AMC), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows buildings which were destroyed from a Syrian government airstrike in Aleppo, Syria, Saturday, May. 17, 2014. The United Nations chief has condemned a cut in water supplies in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo that he said has deprived at least 2.5 million people of access to potable water. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC)

Activists: Death toll in Syria’s war tops 160,000

Barbara Surk · May 19, 2014 8:59 pm

Syrian soccer goalie-turned-rebel becomes icon

Barbara Surk · May 19, 2014 9:55 am

This photo provided by the anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center (AMC), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a Syrian young inspecting the rubble of houses that were destroyed by airstrikes from the Syrian government forces in Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, May 18, 2014. Syrian rebels captured a village in northwestern Syria on Sunday, killing more than a dozen government troops in heavy clashes and prompting the military to carry out airstrikes to try to dislodge the fighters, activists said. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center)

Official: Head of Syrian air defense killed

Albert Aji · May 18, 2014 1:32 pm

UN chief condemns water cut in Syria’s Aleppo

UN chief condemns water cut in Syria’s Aleppo

Washington Examiner · May 17, 2014 9:12 am