Blaming Israel for downed jet, Russia to sell Syria advanced missiles
Moscow says long-frozen sale of modern missile defense system to Assad regime will go ahead as regional tension mounts
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Russia blames Israel for missile strike that downed Russian plane
Moscow accuses Israeli military of "intentional provocation" over downing of surveillance plane hit by Syrian missile
Humanitarian crisis in Syria
For days, Russian air strikes and Syrian barrel bombs have pummeled Idlib, prompting a dire warning from the United Nations. The attacks have displaced 30,000 people with nowhere to go. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta reports.
Humanitarian crisis worsens in Syria as crippling assault continues
Emergency workers resume the grim routine of collecting the dead, saving the injured and putting out fires
UN: Syria's Idlib could face worst catastrophe this century
"There needs to be ways of dealing with this problem that don't turn the next few months in Idlib into... the biggest loss of life of the 21st century," official says
U.S. appears to change policy on Syria
On Friday, the U.S. military announced it is conducting exercises in southern Syria in response to the recent Russian airstrikes in Idlib and threats of further attacks. The show of force is a departure from the Trump administration's previous stance. Ilan Goldenberg, director of the Middle East Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, joined CBSN to discuss.
U.S. military exercises in Syria
U.S. forces are conducting military exercises in Syria, the U.S. Central Command said. This comes after Russian actions in Syria have raised concerns. CBS News State Department reporter Kylie Atwood joined CBSN to discuss.
Russia, Turkey, Iran hold summit on Syria
Syrian civilians are at risk of further bloodshed in Idlib province as president Bashar al-Assad gears up to recapture the last major rebel stronghold. This comes as leaders from Russia, Iran and Turkey meet in Tehran to discuss the civil war. CBSN contributor and Signal newsletter writer for GZERO Media, Willis Sparks, takes us through the latest.
U.S. warns against "reckless" Syria assault as Russia hammers rebels
New U.S. envoy claims "lots of evidence that chemical weapons are being prepared" for regime attack on rebel holdouts in Idlib
Trump warns against slaughter in Idlib, Syria
Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad is gearing up to recapture the last major rebel stronghold of Idlib. The U.S. and its allies fear this battle would be a total bloodbath, and President Trump warned Assad the world is watching. Former Navy SEAL Dave Sears takes CBSN through the latest developments.
Trump slams Woodward book as "fiction"
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Russia strikes Syria's Idlib province
Russia is conducting airstrikes on the last major rebel-held area in Syria after a pause of more than three weeks. The strikes are hitting rebel-held sections of Idlib province in northwestern Syria. Debora Patta reports.
Russian airstrikes hit Syria's rebel-held Idlib
Russia has launched new airstrikes on the last major rebel-held hotspot in Syria. This comes after President Trump warned the Syiran regime and it's allies, Russia and Iran, not to attack Idlib province. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta joins CBSN from Istanbul to take us through the latest developments.
Russia dismisses Trump's warning over expected Syria offensive
President says it would be "grave humanitarian mistake" for Russia and Iran to take part in "potential human tragedy" in Idlib
Kerry: U.S. "paid a price" for not enforcing red line in Syria
Former Secretary of State John Kerry says he was "surprised" former President Obama did not go ahead with military strikes in Syria
Airstrike warning system
Violence can happen at a moment's notice in Syria. But two Americans have designed a way to warn civilians before an airstrike hits. CBS News correspondent Holly Williams explains how it works.
Two Americans develop vast network to alert Syrians of incoming airstrikes
Their computer-generated alerts now reach more than 2 million Syrians, they believe, via warnings on smartphones and air raid sirens
Russia says it will hold war games this week
NATO says the Russian navy is building up its presence in the Mediterranean Sea amid growing tensions over the war in Syria. Russia has provided crucial military support for Syrian government forces, which are expected to mount an offensive in the northern Idlib province, the last major rebel stronghold in the country.
Russia says it will hold war games in Mediterranean this week
Moscow blames U.S. for forcing its "powerful" military build-up in the Med as West and Moscow trade warnings over looming Syria offensive
ISIS releases purported new audio of leader al-Baghdadi
The audio's authenticity could not be independently verified and there were no clues as to where it was recorded
Tillerson ushered in period of "extraordinary destructiveness" says former U.S. ambassador to UAE
On the "Intelligence Matters" podcast, Barbara Leaf spoke with host Michael Morell about the damage wrought by Trump's first secretary of state and offered a more positive assessment of his successor, Mike Pompeo
What a chemical attack in Syria looks like
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has reportedly used internationally banned chemical weapons 200 times over seven years. Now, rare footage shows just how brutal those attacks are
U.S. pulls Syria stabilization funding
U.S. officials said the administration notified Congress on Friday that it would not spend some $200 million that had been planned
Dozens killed as reported arms cache blast levels buildings
Britain-based war monitoring group says 17 kids among dead in catastrophe caused by apparent rebel weapons depot
When hospitals become targets in Syria's civil war
Syria's dictator is trying to quash the remnants of rebellion by bombing hospitals. Still, brave doctors in the country, many of them American volunteers, are risking everything to save lives
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Gaza flotilla boats intercepted by Israel dozens of miles from Gaza coast
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Saturn's moon shows favorable conditions for life: "Simply phenomenal"
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Two Delta planes collide on taxiway of New York's LaGuardia Airport
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