Syrian rebels take third border crossing to Turkey
Syrian rebels seized control of a third border crossing with Turkey on Wednesday after battling with forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, consolidating their grip on a border zone that until now...
View ArticleFighting continues in Syria despite Assad’s peace speech
Hours after Assad addressed cheering loyalists at the Damascus Opera House on Sunday in his first public speech in months, clashes erupted near the road to the city's international airport, the Syrian...
View ArticleIsrael says Syria’s Assad preparing to use chemical weapons
Maj Gen Aviv Kochavi told a security conference in the coastal town of Herzliya that Assad is stepping up his offensive against rebels trying to oust him. The post Israel says Syria’s Assad preparing...
View ArticleHezbollah announces battle with IS along Syria-Lebanon border
The head of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement announced on Wednesday that the powerful Shiite militia had begun to fight the Islamic State jihadist group The post Hezbollah announces battle with IS along...
View ArticlePresident Bashar al-Assad of Syria visits Vladimir Putin in Moscow on first...
President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday evening made his first foreign visit since Syria's war broke out in 2011, and held talks with his main backer and counterpart Vladimir Putin, Kremlin spokesman...
View ArticleNine students dead, 20 wounded in IS attack on school in Syria; PM vows to...
Islamic State group jihadists killed nine Syrian students when they shelled a school in the eastern city of Deir Ezzor on Tuesday, state news agency SANA reported. The post Nine students dead, 20...
View ArticleSuicide attacker explodes car bomb in Damascus, kills 10
State TV reported the blast occurred near a police officers' club. It showed footage of the blast scene, including several damaged vehicles and one burnt-out car. The post Suicide attacker explodes car...
View ArticleSyria civil war: Turkey supports world powers’ ceasefire plan, calls it an...
Turkey said the plan that 17 countries agreed to in order to end the civil war within a week, was an opportunity to find a solution to the civil war. The post Syria civil war: Turkey supports world...
View ArticleSyria ceasefire: First week of truce sees sharp drop in violence
The reduction in overall violence across the devastated country is a remarkable accomplishment in a war that has killed a quarter million people. The post Syria ceasefire: First week of truce sees...
View ArticleSyria peace talks: Kurds, Moscow Group create roadblocks
The arrival of a second Opposition group and the declaration by Syria's Kurds of an autonomous region have added to the uncertainty of Syria peace talks The post Syria peace talks: Kurds, Moscow Group...
View ArticlePutin, Obama confirm willingness to strengthen Syria ceasefire and...
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Barack Obama agreed to strengthen a Syria ceasefire brokered by their two nations, the Kremlin said The post Putin, Obama confirm willingness to...
View ArticleSyrian Army redeploys as rebels launch battle to retake Aleppo
Syrian regime forces redeployed on Sunday to try to avoid being surrounded in neighbourhoods they control in Aleppo, as a rebel alliance said it was launching a battle to recapture the whole city after...
View ArticleRussia opposes Syria sanctions after UN alleges chemical attack by Syrian troops
A joint UN panel prohibition of chemical weapons concluded that government forces carried out three chlorine gas attacks on villages in 2014 and 2015. The post Russia opposes Syria sanctions after UN...
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