Syria Conflict
“They’ll pay us. The problem is nobody ever asks,” Trump says adding that he spoke to Saudi Arabia’s King Salman.
Updated 01 Oct, 2018 12:07pm
Russia and Turkey have agreed to create a buffer zone free of both terrorists and heavy arms in Idlib.
Published 30 Sep, 2018 07:14pm
The foreign minister also calls on Syrian refugees to come home, insisting that the “war on terror is almost over”.
Published 29 Sep, 2018 10:58pm
Reopening of Naseeb border crossing would restore a much-needed gateway for Syrian exports to Arab countries.
Published 29 Sep, 2018 01:01pm
Kremlin spokesman says it is boosting security of its troops in Syria by taking extra measures.
Published 24 Sep, 2018 05:11pm
“Among those killed are 826 children and 615 women,” says Syrian Observatory for Human Rights chief Rami Abdel Rahman.
Published 23 Sep, 2018 10:08pm
Israel has not officially confirmed or denied reports of an attack on Damascus international airport.
Published 16 Sep, 2018 07:09pm
Putin and Rouhani push back against Erdogan’s call for a truce.
Updated 08 Sep, 2018 11:02am
While Turkey actively sponsors rebel forces in Idlib, its influence over the former Al Qaeda affiliate is less clear.
Updated 31 Aug, 2018 11:31am
Guterres's warning comes amid fears the Syrian government is mobilising for a military offensive to retake Idlib.
Published 29 Aug, 2018 11:56pm
Rescue operation is still underway in Sarmada.
Updated 13 Aug, 2018 03:54pm
“The toll may rise... because people are trapped under the rubble,” warns monitor.
Updated 11 Aug, 2018 11:15am
Israel is on high alert as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad regains ground from rebels.
Updated 24 Jul, 2018 10:45am
Assad is determined to oust rebels from a key southern region bordering Jordan and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
Updated 13 Jul, 2018 11:21am
For nearly two weeks, regime forces and their Russian allies have battered rebel-held parts of southern Syria.
Updated 03 Jul, 2018 10:07am
Already Russian missiles and Syrian bombs are embracing the countryside south and east of Deraa.
Updated 28 Jun, 2018 09:49am
Syrian forces have been battering rebel-held towns in Daraa for nearly a week, leaving at least 29 civilians dead.
Updated 26 Jun, 2018 10:20am
Turkish forces and allied Syrian rebels seized the northwest Afrin region from Kurdish fighters in March.
Updated 27 May, 2018 10:12am
"IS is entrenched in tunnels and underground shelters and has been conducting counter-attacks since May 5," says SOHR.
Published 12 May, 2018 07:14pm
The bombed centre's rubble yields little proof of being the chemical warfare research centre that it's claimed to be.
Updated 03 May, 2018 11:37am
The attack appears to have been carried out by Israel, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says.
Published 30 Apr, 2018 01:50pm
“We are not withdrawing,” says the US Defence Secretary terming the operations "an ongoing fight".
Published 26 Apr, 2018 11:44pm
Envoy urges world to prevent a fresh humanitarian disaster as officials warn aid funding running “desperately short”.
Published 25 Apr, 2018 09:48am
During a reconnaissance mission “the team came under small arms fire and an explosive was detonated,” says OPCW chief.
Published 18 Apr, 2018 11:38pm
Syrian government has provided 15 buses for refugees returning from Shebaa.
Published 18 Apr, 2018 09:22pm
Putin and Rouhani agree that the strikes have damaged the chances of achieving a political resolution in the conflict.
Updated 17 Apr, 2018 09:02am
A recap of events that began with a suspected gas attack and ended in retaliatory military strikes by the West in Syria.
Published 14 Apr, 2018 02:00pm
How could Theresa May follow an American president who the world knows is crackers, insane, chronically unstable?
Published 14 Apr, 2018 12:33pm
Syria denounces Western attack as "barbaric", Russia calls for emergency UN session.
Updated 14 Apr, 2018 05:39pm
British PM Theresa May insists the attacks are not meant to "intervene in a civil war" or "regime change".
Updated 14 Apr, 2018 07:42pm
