Syria
Obama says Syrian war not likely to end before he leaves office
US President Barack Obama said the war in Syria would not likely end before he leaves office in early 2017 and reaffirmed his belief that there is no “military...
Islamic State battles Syrian army to take control of world heritage site in Palmyra
Islamic State militants were reported on Thursday to be advancing in a government held area near one of Syria’s world heritage sites, part of a major...
Study shows five million Syrians at high risk of explosive weapons
About 5.1 million Syrians are living in areas at high risk from explosive weapons, some of which fail to detonate and so will pose a deadly threat for...
President Assad admits ‘setbacks’ in war against Syrian rebels
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has made his first public admission of defeat to rebel fighters, stating “ups and downs” were normal in a...
Syrian barrel bomb attacks force schools and hospitals underground
Syrian government forces are targeting civilians in barrel bomb attacks in Aleppo that have forced hospitals and schools to move underground, Amnesty International...
Rebels seize northwest Syrian town as government retaliates
Hard-line Syrian rebel groups seized a strategic town Saturday in northwestern Syria, sending government troops fleeing after intense clashes that have...
Angelina Jolie rips world powers on Syria’s refugee crisis
Actress Angelina Jolie on Friday criticized the UN Security Council’s failure to end the war in Syria, as she appealed for urgent help for the growing...
UN envoy sees Syria willing to help ease Yarmouk crisis
A U.N. envoy said on Saturday he was confident the Syrian government would cooperate in alleviating the situation facing some 18,000 people in a Palestinian...
Skype meets theatre in Syria twist on Romeo and Juliet
Mixing traditional theatre with modern technology, a new Syrian version of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” is offering a unique twist...
Islamic fighters led by al-Qaida in Syria seize major city
Islamic fighters led by al-Qaida’s branch in Syria seized almost full control of the northwestern city of Idlib on Saturday, taking over major roundabouts...
100 killed in fresh Syria attacks; 650,000 now living in besieged areas
More than 100 people were killed in Syria in 24 hours of violence after Islamic State fighters attacked regime troops and a suicide bomber caused carnage...
Downing of U.S. drone suggests Syria imposing red lines on air war
After allowing the United States to use its air space to bomb Islamic State fighters for six months, the Syrian army appears to have imposed a “red...
Syria, Iraq, and the specter of chemical warfare
A Syrian opposition group claimed Tuesday that Bashar al-Assad’s government carried out a chlorine-gas attack in the northern town of Sarmin, killing...
Syria-bound teen trio stopped in Turkey are released on bail
Three British teenagers suspected of attempting to join Islamic State have been released on bail by UK counter-terrorism officers.
Syria’s civil war linked partly to drought and global warming
The conflict that has torn Syria apart can be traced, in part, to a record drought worsened by global warming, a new study says.
Syria’s civil war linked partly to drought, global warming
The conflict that has torn Syria apart can be traced, in part, to a record drought worsened by global warming, a new study says.
Hundreds of Syria’s Assyrian Christians still held captive: ‘No one helped us’
The Islamic State group released at least 19 Assyrian Christians on Sunday who were among the more than 220 people the militants took captive in northeastern...
Syria’s Assyrian Christians: ‘No one helped us’
The Islamic State group released at least 19 Assyrian Christians on Sunday who were among the more than 220 people the militants took captive in northeastern...
U.S. leads strikes on IS after group seizes 220 Assyrian Christians
The raids struck areas around the town of Tal Tamr in the Hasakeh province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, without giving information on...
U.S.-led strikes on IS after group seizes 220 Assyrian Christians
The U.S.-led coalition carried out air strikes Thursday against the Islamic State group in northeastern Syria, where the jihadists have launched a new...
Abducted Syrian Christians moved to militant stronghold
Islamic State militants have moved a large group of Christians they abducted to one of their strongholds as fighting raged on Wednesday between the extremists...
Turks infiltrate IS territory to rescue 40 troops guarding Suleyman’s tomb
Almost 600 Turkish soldiers crossed the border deep inside Syria overnight in a successful operation to rescue troops guarding a Turkish enclave surrounded...
Suicide bomber kills 4 in Assad clan’s hometown
A suicide bomber driving an ambulance killed four people on Sunday in an unprecedented attack on a hospital that took Syria’s civil war to the ruling...
UN approved cross-border aid helps 600,000 Syrians in six months
The United Nations said that 54 aid shipments to Syria had been made since the UN Security Council authorized some cross-border routes in July, supplying...
Syria militants execute woman for ‘adultery’: monitor
Al-Qaeda-linked militants have publicly executed a woman accused of adultery in northwestern Syria, a monitoring group said Wednesday.
For Syria’s Assad, war enters new year more fragmented than ever
Deep into its fourth year of conflict, Syria looks less and less like a state than a patchwork of warring fiefdoms, making outside powers more reluctant...
New hope for Syrian child refugees as tent schools pop up
In a squalid camp in eastern Lebanon, a school in a tent with a chalkboard and brightly coloured desks offers children who fled Syria’s war a chance...
As easy targets thin, Syria air strikes by U.S. allies plunge
As U.S. fighter jets pound Islamic State targets in Syria, Washington’s coalition allies appear increasingly absent from the air war.
Countries pledge to resettle more than 100,000 Syrian refugees: U.N.
Countries have more than doubled the number of Syrian refugees they are willing to resettle to over 100,000, the head of the U.N.
UN wants countries to take in 180,000 Syrian refugees
More than 30 humanitarian organisations launched an appeal on Monday for countries to take in around 180,000 refugees from the Syrian conflict.
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