英闻天下——5 Syria Continues to Fire Scud Missiles: NATO Chief

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has confirmed Syrian government forces are continuing to launch Scud missiles. The NATO chief says the recent launch of Scud missiles highlights the need for effective defense and protection of NATO member

Russia Sanctions Turkey as Syria Coalition Efforts Fizzle

Russia Sanctions Turkey as Syria Coalition Efforts Fizzle MOSCOW Russia is preparing sanctions against Turkey and stepping up military strikes over the downing of a Russian bomber along the Syrian border. The feud has added another dimension of confl

Countering Iran's Malign Presence in Syria

The United States will maintain a military and diplomatic presence in Syria in order to help achieve a stable, unified and independent Syria, said U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Now Syria remains a source of severe strategic and diplomatic ch

VOA标准英语2018--Russia Complicit in Gas Attack in Syria

The United States is intent on stopping chemical weapons attacks and denying impunity to those who use or enable the use of such weapons. On January 22, in Syria, more than 20 civilians, most of them children, were victims of an apparent chlorine gas

VOA慢速英语2012 As Annan Resigns, UN Condemns Violence in Syria

As Annan Resigns, UN Condemns Violence in Syria This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语新闻报道。 The United Nations General Assembly has approved a resolution on Syria. But it does not require any actions a

AS IT IS 2016-03-20 Islamic State Terrorists Lose Large Areas of Syria, Iraq

AS IT IS 2016-03-20 Islamic State Terrorists Lose Large Areas of Syria, Iraq Military pressure against the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq has cost the terrorist group 22 percent of its territory in the past 15 months. About half of the loss has happ

VOA慢速英语2012 IN THE NEWS - UN Observers in Syria Visit Massacre Site Near Hama

IN THE NEWS - UN Observers in Syria Visit Massacre Site Near Hama 新闻报道 - 联合国观察员进入了哈马市附近屠杀事件现场 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语新闻报道。 United Nations

VOA标准英语2012--Egypt's Morsi Urges Arab Action on Syria

Egypt's Morsi Urges Arab Action on Syria Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi urged Arab leaders to make ending the conflict in Syria the region's top priority. Any talk of developing the Arab world's work, and building our shared future, cannot gain the

VOA标准英语2012--US Wants Iraq to Block Iran Weapons Sales to Syria

US Wants Iraq to Block Iran Weapons Sales to Syria Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is one of the last major suppliers of military intelligence and weapons to embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. U.S. officials say Iran's support for the

VOA标准英语2013--Battles for Aleppo Loom on Syria's Northern Front

Battles for Aleppo Loom on Syria's Northern Front Khan al Assal, off Highway 5, eight kilometers southwest of Aleppo - Syria's commercial hub besieged by war. There has been fierce fighting for control of this strategic town. Islamist rebel fighters

VOA标准英语2013--Syria's Disabled Refugees Lead a Hard Life in Jordan

Syria's Disabled Refugees Lead a Hard Life in Jordan Every refugee has a story. For Osama, a 17-year-old from southern Syria, his began when his family tried to flee his government-besieged town. He related how in the early dawn hours, tanks stormed

VOA标准英语2013--US Weighs Military Options for Syria Chemical Weapons

US Weighs Military Options for Syria Chemical Weapons The options being considered include bombing weapons sites and even the possibility of arming rebels. In any scenario, there are no easy or quick solutions, leading Defense Department officials to

美国国家公共电台 NPR Pentagon Says It's Staying In Syria, Even Though ISIS Appears Defeated

DAVID GREENE, HOST: There may still be terrorist attacks carried out in its name, but the state of Islamic State is really no more. ISIS is down to a handful of enclaves, but there are still hundreds of U.S. forces fighting ISIS in Syria. And the Pen

美国国家公共电台 NPR To Syria And Back: How 2 Women Escaped Their Radicalized Husbands

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: All right. Over the years, hundreds of people left the U.S. to go fight with ISIS in Syria and Iraq. Only 14 of them came back. Two of them are women with extraordinary and similar stories. Both say their husbands forced them to

2017年CRI Chinese envoy urges unity of Syria, political solution to crisis

China's Special Envoy for Syria has urged all parties to find a political solution to the six-year-long Syrian crisis and avoid the country being carved up. Xie Xiaoyan's comments come after meetings with Syrian and Iranian officials as part of a med

VOA标准英语2013--Americans Express Skepticism About Syria Strikes

Americans Express Skepticism About Syria Strikes Much of the world is watching and waiting to see whether the United States will respond to the chemical weapons attack that killed more than 1,400 Syrians, including hundreds of children. President Bar

CCTV9英语新闻：China will continue to make constructive efforts towards Syria crisis

Global powers will continue peace talks in Vienna aimed at ending the conflict in Syria. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said before the reopening of the talks that China will continue to make constructive efforts towards the Syria crisis. Wang was

VOA标准英语2008年-French President Visits Syria

French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives in Damascus Wednesday, in the first visit to Syria by a Western head of state in five years. From Paris, Lisa Bryant reports the visit marks a change in French foreign policy and an effort to bring Syria back

2015年CRI China Foreign Minister Meets Top Aide to Syria's President

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has met with a top aide to Syria's president here in Beijing. During the meeting, Wang Yi told Bouthaina Shaaban that China has three suggestions over the ongoing crisis in Syria. He calls on all the anti-terror measu

CCTV9英语新闻：China Video China: only a political solution can end conflict in Syria

As efforts to salvage the ceasefire agreement shifted to Moscow, China's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hong Lei said a political solution is the only way to end the conflict in Syria. The recent escalation of violence in Syria has led to casualties.