Syria Conflict
We hope that this new party in power will see Israel as an enemy and not normalise relations with it,” Hezbollah's Qassem says.
Updated 15 Dec, 2024 11:32am
Interviews with people familiar with his final moments in power paint picture of leader casting around for outside help to extend rule before leaning on deception to plot exit.
Published 14 Dec, 2024 06:59pm
Netanyahu says deployment "temporary" until security on Israel's border is guaranteed.
Updated 14 Dec, 2024 10:45am
Planning minister welcomes them at Islamabad airport.
Updated 14 Dec, 2024 11:11am
Chartered flight brings home 318 Pakistanis; US grand jury charges former Syrian prison official with torture.
Updated 13 Dec, 2024 02:43pm
FO condemns Israeli violations of Syria’s sovereignty.
Updated 13 Dec, 2024 08:15am
Blinken, Jordan king agree on need for a secure state; US "working to bring home" citizen found in Syria.
Updated 13 Dec, 2024 11:16am
US sees Assad’s fall as chance to destroy chemical arsenal "once and for all".
Updated 13 Dec, 2024 01:28pm
In 2024, conflict escalated in the Middle East as multiple countries were ravaged by conflict.
Updated 13 Dec, 2024 12:15am
Commander rules out pardon for Assad’s supporters; interim leader vows to rebuild Syria but faces cash crunch.
Updated 12 Dec, 2024 10:20am
US calls for "credible, inclusive, non-sectarian” future govt; 350 stranded Pakistanis evacuated to Lebanon for repatriation.
Updated 11 Dec, 2024 02:27pm
Transition will not be easy in a divided country that has just evicted a decades-old dictatorship.
Updated 11 Dec, 2024 09:17am
New leader was in charge of small pocket in northwest; Israeli strikes target Syria’s military bases.
Updated 11 Dec, 2024 09:31am
Syria rebel leader vows to pursue former officials for torture, war crimes; war monitor says Israel conducted 300 strikes on Syria since Assad's fall.
Updated 10 Dec, 2024 07:36pm
Significantly, although the storm did rock the boat for Iran and Russia, their boats still remain tethered to the Syrian jetty.
Updated 10 Dec, 2024 09:01am
Today, HTS — a ‘reformed’ radical outfit once associated with Al Qaeda — is in a position to be the leading power broker in Syria.
Updated 10 Dec, 2024 08:46am
Rebel leader holds talks to form new govt; Israel launches over 100 airstrikes; Europe stops processing Syrians’ asylum pleas.
Published 10 Dec, 2024 07:38am
Says around 200-250 Pakistanis are stranded in Damascus, orders officials to utilise all available resources for evacuation purpose.
Updated 09 Dec, 2024 09:58pm
Imposes curfew in 5 towns of demilitarised buffer zone between Israel and Syria.
Updated 09 Dec, 2024 08:31am
Families weep as they reunite with loved ones who vanished years ago into impregnable gulag of Assad dynasty’s five-decade rule.
Updated 09 Dec, 2024 08:49am
Revellers on the streets celebrate end of five decades of rule by the Alawi dynasty.
Updated 09 Dec, 2024 09:06am
Despite spending 5 years in US custody, the commander of Al Qaeda’s franchise found himself on the "right side" of Washington’s military alliance.
Updated 09 Dec, 2024 03:21pm
Depending on one’s inclination, Damascus has either fallen, or is free. In truth, both descriptions are accurate.
Updated 09 Dec, 2024 12:46pm
Statues of Assad’s father and brother were toppled in cities taken by the rebels, while pictures of him on billboards and govt offices were torn down, stamped on, burned or riddled with bullets.
Updated 08 Dec, 2024 01:08pm
Assad family flees to Russia while PM seeks free elections as Damascus falls to rebel forces, with globally designated terrorist group HTS seemingly set for influence in new admin.
Updated 09 Dec, 2024 09:44am
Western officials say Syrian military in difficult situation; Trump says US should have nothing to do with conflict.
Updated 07 Dec, 2024 09:22pm
UN warns mass displacement, over 13 years after civil war, “adding to years of suffering”.
Updated 07 Dec, 2024 11:05am
Turkish, Iranian and Russian FMs meet in Doha today; Jordan closes border with Syria; IS captures some areas.
Updated 07 Dec, 2024 10:14am
UN says violence has displaced 280,000 people, warning numbers could swell to 1.5m.
Updated 06 Dec, 2024 04:47pm
Human rights groups warn of abuses by the Syrian government during the counteroffensive.
Published 05 Dec, 2024 09:41pm
