Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Civil War In Syria -- News Updates February 18, 2014



Bombings in Syria Force Wave of Civilians To Flee -- New York Times

KILIS, Turkey — Hundreds of thousands of Syrian civilians have fled rebel-held parts of the city of Aleppo in recent weeks under heavy aerial bombardment by the Syrian government, emptying whole neighborhoods and creating what aid workers say is one of the largest refugee flows of the entire civil war.

The displaced, as many as 500,000 to date, the United Nations says, have flooded the countryside, swelling populations in war-battered communities that are already short on space and food and pushing a new wave of refugees into Turkey, where in interviews many have described a harrowing journey that left them in desperate condition, broke, hungry and, in many cases, sick or wounded.

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More News On Syria's Civil War

Syria drives rebels from site of alleged killings -- Washington Post/AP
Government retakes Alawite village in central Syria -- Reuters
Syria army seizes Alawite 'massacre' village -- Global Post/AFP
Syrian troops recapture 3 towns in Hama, Aleppo -- Xinhuanet
Syrian rebels plan a spring offensive -- News24
Syria rebels say planning Damascus spring offensive -- iFocus
Report: Saudi Arabia to Supply Tons of Arms to FSA -- Fars News Agency (Iran)
Barrel bombings emerge as new tactic in Syrian civil war -- Washington Post
Aleppo refugees tell horror stories of barrel bombs falling from the sky -- South China Morning Post
Arms Agency: Syria Has Shipped Out Just 11% of its Chemical Arsenal -- The Tower
Syria army, rebels agree new Damascus area truce -- Global Post/AFP
Syria army, rebels agree new Damascus truce -- Daily Star
Truce or Dare? Assad moves to neutralize capital -- Al Arabiya
Western-Backed Rebels Replace Commander Ahead of Arms Shipments -- Wall Street Journal
Free Syrian Army Appoints New Commander -- Voice of America
Syrian rebels name new military chief -- AP
Free Syrian Army sacks chief, appoints replacement -- Reuters
Syria's Brutally Crude New Weapon -- Joshua Keating, Slate
Syria talks stalemate brings threat of worsening war -- AFP
Syria: What happens now? -- Inside Story/Al Jazeera

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