Syria

‘Clinton’s Syria plan would start World War III’

WASHINGTON: U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Democrat Hillary Clinton's plan… Read More

Revealed: The truth behind ‘Statue of Liberty’ made from rubble in Syria

A picture of Syrian ‘Statue of Liberty’ caught people’s attention on the internet shortly after… Read More

Pentagon chief urges ‘isolation operation’ for IS-held Raqqa

ARBIL, IRAQ:  US defence chief Ashton Carter said on Sunday that an operation to isolate… Read More

Russia says it aims to ‘liberate’ Syria under Assad

MOSCOW: The Kremlin on Saturday said its military intervention in Syria aims to liberate the… Read More

After Mosul, anti-IS forces should target Raqqa, says US

PARIS: The international coalition targeting Islamic State extremists should move on to take the group's… Read More

Syrian ‘Toy Smuggler’ faces fraud accusations in Finland

HELSINKI: Finnish police said Friday they would probe fraud accusations against Rami Adham, a Finnish-Syrian dubbed… Read More

Syrian Army urges Aleppo evacuation as Russia extends truce

ALEPPO: A "humanitarian pause" in the Syrian army's Russian-backed assault on Aleppo took effect Thursday,… Read More

Syrian president’s wife rejected offer of asylum

DAMASCUS: The wife of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview her husband's foes… Read More

Syria rebels reject Aleppo withdrawal after Russian statement

ALEPPO: Syrian rebels said on Tuesday they rejected any withdrawal of fighters from Aleppo after… Read More

Russian student who followed IS lover to Syria faces ‘terrorist’ trial

MOSCOW, RUSSIA: Police in bullet-proof vests, guard a military court for the terrorism trial of Varvara… Read More

Air raids kill at least 12 civilians in Syria’s Aleppo: monitor

ALEPPO, SYRIA: Air strikes killed at least 12 civilians in Syria's Aleppo on Monday, a… Read More

Syria rebels capture emblematic ISIS stronghold Dabiq

BEIRUT: Syrian rebels dealt a major symbolic blow to the Islamic State group on Sunday… Read More

Syria talks in Lausanne end without breakthrough

LAUSANNE: Syria talks convened by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in the Swiss city of… Read More

US broadens Syria talks after failure of truce deal with Russia

LAUSANNE: US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will return… Read More

Taking Aleppo from rebels key to pushing ‘terrorists’ back to Turkey: Assad

MOSCOW/BEIRUT: Syria's President Bashar al-Assad said on Friday that the Syrian army's capture of Aleppo,… Read More

Next UN chief Guterres says time to overcome divisions over Syria

SYRIA: Newly-appointed UN chief Antonio Guterres on Thursday said it was time to overcome divisions… Read More

Car bomb at Syria checkpoint kills 17: monitor

DAMASCUS: At least 17 people, most of them rebels, were killed in a car bomb… Read More

Game of Thrones actor surprises Syrian refugee now settled in Germany

"Game of Thrones" actor Liam Cunningham paid a surprise visit on Tuesday to a teenage… Read More

Kerry, Lavrov to resume talks on Syria despite war crimes row

MOSCOW/BEIRUT: US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet his Russian counterpart in Switzerland on… Read More

Air strikes hit eastern Aleppo, including market, kill 25

DAMASCUS: Heavy air strikes on rebel-held areas in the Syrian city of Aleppo killed 25… Read More