Syria’s civil war is in its tenth year with no end in sight. UN-brokered talks in Geneva have failed to emerge with tangible results; the Astana process, led by Russia, Iran, and Turkey, has also [ More … ]
For the first time since September, the three key players in the conflict hold a virtual meeting to map the way forward. Opposing sides in Syria’s war Iran, Russia, and Turkey have held talks reflecting “harmonized” [ More … ]
After talks with Putin, Erdogan says Kurdish fighters will withdraw 30km (19 miles) from the frontier within 150 hours. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says a deal has been reached with Russia for Kurdish fighters to withdraw [ More … ]
Air raids on Syria’s Idlib kill a family of seven, say activists Mother and six children reported killed in Deir al-Sharqi as Syria and Russia intensify air raids on the rebel stronghold. Seven members of [ More … ]
At least 26 people were killed in suspected Russian and Syrian air strikes in several districts in rebel-held Idlib province on Thursday, Civil Defence and a monitoring group said. The attacks came as Assad regime [ More … ]
Israeli strikes have hit an arms depot operated by the Lebanese Hezbollah militia near Damascus airport, Syrian opposition sources and monitors said, in a new Israeli strike in less than a week. This attack targeting weapons [ More … ]
France said it has scientific proof that the Assad regime was responsible for a suspected chemical attack that killed 87 people earlier this month, and that Sarin gas was the agent used in the attack, [ More … ]
In a new crime for the US-coalition against Syrian civilians, at least 11 people killed by US airstrikes while fleeing the fierce fighting between ISIS and the Kurdish militias near Tabqa city in Syria’s Raqqa [ More … ]
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Friday that Syria’s Assad regime still has chemical weapons that were retained despite claims of handing them over and that its warplanes were moved in recent days to prevent [ More … ]
With the first phase of the new four-towns evacuation deal in Syria finally over, Assad regime was able one more time to use the Syrians’ dreams and struggle for freedom against them to fulfill its [ More … ]
The evacuation process from four besieged areas in Syria, under a deal between the rebels and Assad regime, was finished on Friday after it was in danger due to a deadly bomb attack that left 126 [ More … ]
The evacuation process from four besieged areas in Syria, under a deal between the rebels and Assad regime, was resumed on Wednesday after being stopped for several days after a deadly bomb attack that left [ More … ]
Human rights watch said in a new report that the US coalition is responsible for civilians’ causalities in an attack on a mosque in Syria’s Aleppo last month due to not taking enough precautions after [ More … ]
Airstrikes by the U.S.-led military coalition killed at least 30 people in the eastern Syria’s province of Deir Ezzor on Monday, including women and children, residents and activists said, in a new chapter of the [ More … ]
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