Syria Conflict
Iran is trying to turn Lebanon into “one giant missile site, a site for precision missiles against the state of Israel".
Updated 28 Feb, 2018 02:57pm
SOCHI: Delegates on Monday arrived in Russia for peace talks aimed at ending the Syrian conflict, but hopes of...
Updated 28 Feb, 2018 03:08pm
UN-backed peace talks to find a political solution to the civil war in Syria have begun in Vienna.
Updated 28 Feb, 2018 02:49pm
Turkish army captures Jebel Bursaya, a hill described as a critical position by country's media.
Updated 28 Feb, 2018 03:03pm
AZAZ: Turkey on Saturday urged the United States to withdraw personnel from a Kurdish-held town in northern Syria...
Updated 28 Feb, 2018 03:10pm
It comes as a shock when a Syrian soldier walks up with two cans of peeled plum tomatoes captured in an IS food store.
Updated 28 Feb, 2018 03:01pm
ANKARA/AZAZ: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday threatened to expand Turkey’s offensive in Syria against a...
Updated 28 Feb, 2018 02:58pm
The Turkish ground and air offensive has raised international concern, but Washington has sent mixed messages.
Updated 28 Feb, 2018 03:01pm
PARIS: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Tuesday Russia bore responsibility for recent chemical attacks by...
Updated 28 Feb, 2018 03:03pm
Turkish warplanes and artillery are backing a major ground incursion to oust the YPG militia from its enclave of Afrin.
Updated 28 Feb, 2018 03:05pm
President Erdogan warns people who take part in protests against Turkish operation in Syria will pay "heavy price".
Updated 28 Feb, 2018 03:11pm
Co. Thomas Veale announced the first official Western attempt to partition Syria on ethnic-sectarian lines.
Updated 28 Feb, 2018 02:52pm
Military says it attacked in response to fire coming from refugee camps of Kurdish militia.
Updated 28 Feb, 2018 02:56pm
“I'm confident that in the coming weeks we will achieve a military victory on the ground,” says Emmanuel Macron.
Updated 28 Feb, 2018 03:11pm
Syrian air defences intercepted one rocket, but several more hit “near a military position, causing material damage.”
Updated 28 Feb, 2018 02:55pm
BEIRUT: Israel attacked a military site in Syria’s Hama province early on Thursday, the Syrian army said, and a ...
Updated 28 Feb, 2018 03:12pm
WHEN Nikolaos Van Dam was a young diplomat in Damascus, he knew Syria better than many Syrians. A fluent speaker of...
Updated 14 Apr, 2018 12:14pm
Deterring future chemical weapons use requires hard work, tenacity, and, most importantly, leadership.
Updated 28 Feb, 2018 06:01pm
The conflict in Syria has created a complex web of alliances.
Updated 28 Feb, 2018 03:09pm
Russia has been a key player in UN-mediated talks between the government and militant forces.
Updated 28 Feb, 2018 06:00pm
A teacher also died in the air strike that hit the town of Injara, some 15km west of Aleppo city.
Updated 28 Feb, 2018 03:12pm
So far the new force is small, with around 50 graduates so far from its training camp in the town of Al-Qahtaniyeh.
Updated 28 Feb, 2018 03:12pm
The major powers overcame a prolonged deadlock to approve the first council resolution on the conflict.
Updated 28 Feb, 2018 03:14pm
Why would a country facing grave economic crises at home, be hell bent on inviting more trouble abroad?
Updated 28 Feb, 2018 03:00pm
