A high-level Saudi official is in the Syrian city of Raqqa, which was recently retaken from the Islamic State group, to discuss his country’s role in reconstruction efforts A state-linked Saudi news site says a [ More … ]
Syrian activists reacted with anger as Abdullah Ocalan’s image appeared following the liberation of the city from Islamic State Syrian social media users have reacted with alarm after the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) unveiled a [ More … ]
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said on Tuesday they had fully captured the Islamic State group’s former Syrian stronghold Raqqa, after more than four months of fighting. The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces [SDF] said on [ More … ]
The Turkish army is expanding its deployment in northwest Syria with the goal of reining in Russian strikes in the Idlib border province, under a deal to reduce clashes. The Turkish army expanded its troop [ More … ]
Turkish troops have entered Syria’s Idlib province following weeks of speculation of intervention by Ankara and allied Syrian opposition forces. Turkish troops have entered Syria’s Idlib to carry out reconnaissance missions in the rebel-held province, [ More … ]
Turkey aims to ensure clashes are completely prevented in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, which will facilitate the political process in return, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said Saturday. “Astana is a platform which in a way [ More … ]
Dr. Said Al-Haj* Since the beginning of the Syrian revolution in 2011 and over the past six years, the Turkish position from the Syrian issue has evolved and changed according to three factors: [ More … ]
The shipment included storm howitzer artillery and M114s that were sent to the Turkish district of Elbeyli on the Turkey-Syria border A military shipment of storm howitzer artillery and M114s were transported to Turkey’s Elbeyli [ More … ]
BY: HILAL KAPLAN* Today marks the anniversary of the beginning of Operation Euphrates Shield in which Turkey cleared two major cities from Daesh with the help of Free Syrian Army (FSA) forces. Turkish territory was targeted [ More … ]
Amnesty has said that civilians are trapped in the city while according to Airwars several hundred of civilians have died since June The US-led coalition campaign to oust the Islamic State group (IS) from Syria’s [ More … ]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday said Iran wielded growing influence in Syria that was a “threat” to his country as he met Russian President Vladimir Putin, a figure in the Syrian crisis. “Iran [ More … ]
A military source said that Lebanese military intelligence units have detained a Daesh senior member. Lebanese military intelligence units have detained an Islamic State (Daesh) senior member responsible for an assault on the country’s troops in 2014 on the [ More … ]
The Lebanese army launched an offensive on Saturday against an Islamic State enclave on the northeast border with Syria as the Lebanese Shi’ite group Hezbollah announced an assault on the militants from the Syrian side [ More … ]
A Syrian war monitor has claimed US-led air strikes on IS-held Raqqa has cost 59 civilians lives in three days, including 21 children. US-led coalition air strikes aimed at dislodging Islamic State militants from the [ More … ]
The head of powerful Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah said on Sunday that it is time for the world to accept that Assad will stay on as Syria’s leader. The head of powerful Lebanese Shia group [ More … ]
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