Syria

Thousands head home in south Syria after ceasefire deal

Thousands of displaced Syrians were heading home after rebels and the government reached a ceasefire… Read More

Syria troops launch assault on Daraa city amid civilian exodus

Syria's army launched an assault on the flashpoint southern city of Daraa, after a week… Read More

Russia, Syria clash with West on boosting chemical watchdog

Russia, backed by Iran and Syria, sought to head off a Western push to endow… Read More

Middle East tensions and power politics can trigger wider conflict: Lodhi warns UN

NEW YORK: At the United Nations, Pakistan warned the international community that divergences between major… Read More

In Damascus, World Cup loyalties muddled by war

In a Damascus cafe, some of the Syrians watching Russia play Egypt in the World… Read More

52 pro-regime troops killed in Syria bombing raid

BEIRUT, Lebanon: The death toll in an overnight bombing raid on pro-regime forces in eastern… Read More

US plans to release American captured in Syria in September

WASHINGTON: The U.S. government said on Wednesday it would release in Syria an American citizen… Read More

“Cat Man” Starts Rare Animal Clinic in disrupted Syria

KAFR NAHA, SYRIA:  At an unlikely cat shelter in rebel-held northern Syria, Mohammed Alaa al-Jaleel gently… Read More

Syria’s Assad to meet Kim in North Korea

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he plans to visit North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un. Read More

Putin meets Assad, calls for ‘political process’ on Syria

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a rare meeting with Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in the… Read More

Huge blasts at central Syria military airbase

Explosions rocked weapons and fuel depots at a regime military airbase in central Syria Friday,… Read More

Russia, after Netanyahu visit, backs off Syria S-300 missile supplies

MOSCOW: Russia is not in talks with the Syrian government about supplying advanced S-300 ground-to-air… Read More

Israel-Iran flare-up raises spectre of major confrontation

PARIS: Deadly strikes by Israel against alleged Iranian sites in Syria have raised fears of… Read More

Missile strikes on Syria kill 26, mostly Iranian, forces

DAMASCUS: Missile strikes on central Syria killed 26 pro-regime fighters, most of them Iranians, a… Read More

US-led anti-IS coalition admits 28 more civilian deaths

The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq acknowledged the deaths… Read More

Syria is death trap for civilians, UN refugee chief warns

Civilians can no longer flee fighting and bombing raids in Syria because borders are so… Read More

Syria donors fall short without US aid, warn of cruel end-game

International donors raised $4.4 billion in emergency aid for Syria and its neighbors this year,… Read More

Donors set to stump up billions for Syria

International donors are expected Wednesday to pledge billions of dollars for Syria after the UN's… Read More

Trump says US wants ‘lasting’ footprint in Syria

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday appeared to dial back a promise to withdraw… Read More

Chemical weapons watchdog inspectors have samples from Syria’s Douma

AMSTERDAM: A team of inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)… Read More