Tag: Syria
The complex story behind strained Syria-Lebanon relations
BEIRUT (AP) — A lot has happened in just a year on both sides of the Lebanon-Syria border.…
Druze demand self determination in largest protest held since deadly clashes in Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — Hundreds of people demonstrated in Syria’s southern city of Sweida and elsewhere on Saturday to…
Foreign Islamists petition Syrian state for citizenship
By Timour Azhari(Reuters) -Foreign fighters and others who joined Syria's civil war from abroad have petitioned the new…
Blast in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province kills four: State media
An explosion at a depot for unexploded ordnance on the outskirts of Idlib city in northwest Syria has…
Turkey to provide weapons and support to Syria under new defense agreement
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey will provide weapons, military equipment, and logistical support to Syria under a newly…
UN commission finds violence against Syria Alawites likely included ‘war crimes’
A UN commission investigating sectarian bloodshed in Syria's Alawite heartland documented systematic violence at the hands of government…
War crimes likely committed by both sides in Syria coastal violence: UN
War crimes were likely committed by members of interim government forces and fighters aligned with former President Bashar…
Turkiye slams Israel, Kurdish-led SDF for destabilising a recovering Syria
Turkiye has said that Israel and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) must stop threatening the security and…
Ankara, Damascus top diplomats warn Israel over Syria action
Turkey's foreign minister and his Syrian counterpart on Wednesday warned Israel not to stir up chaos in Syria…
Jordan-Syria-US meeting held in Amman to discuss Syrian reconstruction
Foreign ministers from Syria and Jordan, as well as a United States envoy have met in Amman to…
Syrian gov’t soldier killed in clashes with Kurd-led SDF in Aleppo province
A government soldier has been killed in clashes with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Aleppo province,…
Syrian soldier killed in clashes with SDF in Aleppo, state news agency says
DUBAI (Reuters) -A Syrian government soldier was killed in clashes with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in the…