Syria in the News:

The Guardian:

·         Russia withdraws its remaining personnel from Syria

26 Jun 2013: Evacuation signals growing concern in Moscow about conflict between ally Bashar al-Assad's regime and rebels

-          Escalating Crisis

-          Pilot Captured

-          Governments

 

·         Syria crisis: no deal on peace conference

26 Jun 2013:

International envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi says Geneva conference unlikely to take place in July

-          Russia and US talks on Geneva conference end in failure

-          Saudi Arabia warns of the danger of Iran in Syria

-          Qatar’s interior minister set to be new Prime Minister

• Saudi Arabia: Syrian rebels must be armed

25 Jun 2013: Foreign minister says involvement of Iran and Hezbollah in Syrian conflict is dangerous

-          Extremist opposition groups are becoming too powerful

-          Faltering efforts to end Syrian crisis are in deep trouble

-          The Saudis are already sending arms to rebel groups

 

The Sun:

Last pictures of Dubliner Hisham who died in Syria

THESE are some of the last images of Dubliner Hisham El Habbash, who was killed in Syria fighting last Thursday...has been killed in Syria. El Habbash, 29, above and below, died last Thursday in fighting between...

-          Focuses on the fact that he lives in Dublin.

If Britain had helped us two years ago, we would have avoided bloodshed

SHEIKH Ahmad al-Assir on new Cold War as Russia arms Syria and U.S. aids rebels...fighting alongside Syria’s rebels who include groups linked to al-Qaeda. Yet, surrounded by AK 47-armed...

KAVANAGH: Conflict likely to rage for years to come

SUN columnist argues choice over Syria for Western leaders meeting at the G8 summit in Enniskillen is simple......out of control if Syria fires Russian anti-aircraft missiles to shoot down Nato planes enforcing a...