Syria Conflict
Trump on Wednesday called Turkey's incursion into Syria a "bad idea".
Updated 15 Oct, 2019 03:23pm
AKCAKALE: Turkey launched a military operation against Kurdish fighters in northeast Syria on Wednesday just days...
Updated 15 Oct, 2019 03:23pm
The aim is to eliminate what Turkish president Erdogan calls a “terror corridor” on Turkey's southern border.
Updated 16 Oct, 2019 10:10am
"Turkey will also continue to fight against Daesh (IS) and will not allow it to return in any shape and form."
Updated 07 Oct, 2019 04:01pm
The statement follows US President Donald Trump's phone call with his counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey.
Published 07 Oct, 2019 09:56am
The UN is hoping that the recent creation of a committee will put the country on track for a political solution.
Updated 29 Sep, 2019 08:46am
Death sentences are replaced by life-long terms and life terms with hard labour replaced by 20 years with hard labour.
Published 16 Sep, 2019 12:51am
The US Defence Department say the attack targeted leaders of Al Qaeda in Syria north of Idlib.
Updated 01 Sep, 2019 09:56am
The Russian-led alliance is pushing into densely populated parts of Idlib province.
Updated 31 Aug, 2019 10:04am
Putin and Erdogan say they hope to work together to ease tensions in Idlib province.
Updated 28 Aug, 2019 08:30am
Hardline rebels attacked loyalist positions in the south of the bastion on Tuesday.
Published 27 Aug, 2019 02:40pm
PM Imran calls attention to plight of millions of Kashmiris "living under brutal Indian occupation, abuse and violence".
Updated 22 Aug, 2019 04:35pm
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says his country has no intention to move the post from Morek.
Updated 21 Aug, 2019 08:29am
A buffer zone deal brokered by Russia and Turkey last year was never fully implemented.
Updated 19 Aug, 2019 08:21am
"The air strike hit the family's home in the village of Dayr Sharqi in Idlib province, killing everyone inside."
Published 17 Aug, 2019 06:37pm
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said this was the first such incident since late April.
Updated 15 Aug, 2019 09:11am
Syria’s conflict has killed a total of more than 370,000 people.
Updated 14 Aug, 2019 08:48am
Ankara has stepped up threats in recent days to launch an offensive against the YPG.
Updated 08 Aug, 2019 08:27am
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says it is unclear what had caused the deadly explosion at the Shayrat airbase.
Updated 04 Aug, 2019 08:57am
"I left Syria seven years ago," says Mohammad Hassan. "I don’t know anything about this country."
Updated 31 Jul, 2019 09:08am
In the southern province of Daraa, a suicide bomber blows himself up at a military checkpoint, killing six soldiers.
Updated 27 Jul, 2019 07:57pm
The government began its offensive against the rebel enclave in northwest Syria at the end of April.
Updated 27 Jul, 2019 08:51am
In Maaret al-Numan, men covered in blood were carried away from the market by residents and rescue workers.
Updated 23 Jul, 2019 10:10am
Syria’s civil war has killed more than 370,000 people and spiralled into a complex conflict since starting in 2011.
Updated 12 Jul, 2019 09:15am
The announcement follows talks between UN envoy Geir Pedersen and Foreign Minister Walid Muallem.
Updated 11 Jul, 2019 09:31am
Syria’s war has killed more than 370,000 people and displaced millions since it started in 2011.
Updated 07 Jul, 2019 09:12am
The corpses include those of people believed to have been executed by the militant Islamic State group.
Updated 04 Jul, 2019 08:29am
In Idlib, regime air strikes killed 10 civilians, said the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Updated 16 Jun, 2019 08:59am
The women and children are living among the dregs of the militant Islamic State group in the Kurdish-run Al-Hol camp.
Updated 03 Jun, 2019 08:47am
OIC endorsed a UN-backed proposal for a transitional governing body integrating opposition elements in Syria.
Updated 03 Jun, 2019 08:51am
