Al Sharq Al Awsat
Syria, (AFP) International peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has warned that the Syria conflict risks setting the region "ablaze", as clashes broke out across the border with Lebanon. Even as Brahimi appeared to be winning support within Syria for a...
The Guardian
Many of those abducted were almost certainly dead, while others were alive and being held in Syrian prisons or secret detention centres where they were tortured, the groups claimed. Since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began in March...
BBC
Human rights groups working in Syria say that at least 28,000 people are missing after being taken from their homes or grabbed in the street by Syrian soldiers or militia...But even the conservative estimates would mean the number who have "...
NOW Lebanon
Cyprus Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis said in remarks published on Thursday that the European Union was working on providing the necessary support for Lebanon in its effort to contain the Syrian refugee crisis. We are working with...
Israel National News
Tehran and Ankara have been consistently at odds on the Syrian issue, with Iran supporting Assad, and Turkey castigating him. (Maariv)
The Daily Star
International peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, who is trying to secure a truce in Syria for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, will arrive in Damascus on Saturday, the foreign ministry said. "Brahimi will meet with Foreign Minister Walid Muallem on...