Syrian Rivals Tackle Governance, Terrorism At UN Talks
Syrian rivals will tackle all agenda items at peace talks this week, including political transition, the United Nations mediator Staffan ...
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Where Are the Leaders Now?
What happened to the leaders whose power was challenged in the so-called Arab Spring that began in late 2010? Here ...
Final Push On Syria’s Raqa To Begin In Days
The international coalition battling the Islamic State group will begin a final push on the jihadists' Syrian stronghold Raqa in ...
Jihadist-Led Offensive In Syria’s Hama Advances
Jihadists and allied rebels claimed more ground against Syrian government forces in central Hama province on Thursday, the Syrian Observatory ...
UN’s Troubled Syria Peace Talks Restart In Geneva
UN-backed Syria peace talks resumed in Geneva on Thursday, with little hope of a breakthrough and the emboldened regime seen ...
UN-Backed Syria Peace Talks To Restart In Geneva
Syrian rivals were to resume UN-brokered peace talks in Geneva on Thursday, with escalating violence and deadlock on key issues ...
Killing ISIS Boss Is ‘only A Matter of Time’ Says Tillerson
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson welcomed members of a 68-country coalition against the Islamic State to Washington and vowed to ...
Allies Vow To Destroy IS As Attacks Overshadow Talks
The US-led coalition against the Islamic State group vowed to crush the jihadists Wednesday at a meeting overshadowed by an ...
Killing ISIS Boss Is ‘only A Matter of Time’ Says Tillerson
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson welcomed members of a 68-country coalition against the Islamic State to Washington and vowed to ...
33 Dead In US-Led North Syria Air Strike
At least 33 people were killed in a US-led coalition strike on a school used as a centre for displaced ...
US-Led Air Strike On North Syria Kills 33
At least 33 people were killed in a US-led coalition strike on a school used as a centre for displaced ...
New Syria Peace Talks As Fight Comes To Damascus
A fifth round of UN-backed Syria peace talks begins Thursday in Geneva with scant hope of a breakthrough against a ...
Rebels, Jihadists Begin New Offensive In Central Syria
Syrian jihadists and allied rebels seized a key town from government forces on Tuesday in a new offensive in the ...
Coalition Gathers To Hear Trump Islamic State Plan
The 68-nation US-led coalition against the Islamic State group will meet in Washington on Wednesday to accelerate efforts to destroy ...
Hezbollah Commander Killed By Own Men
Israel's military chief said on Tuesday that Hezbollah's military commander in Syria, reported dead last year, was killed by members ...
Syria Rebels Launch Fresh Assault On East Damascus
Rebels and jihadists on Tuesday launched a fresh assault on east Damascus, two days after Syrian government forces rebelled an ...
Assad Sees Key Russia Role After Syria-Israel Strikes
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday said Russia can play an important role in the crisis following Syria's firing missiles ...
Syria Kurds Say Will Get Training From Russian Forces
Russia's military will train Kurdish forces in Syria, a spokesman said Monday, in the first agreement of its kind with ...
Israel Says It Foiled Syrian Ballistic Missile Threat
A senior army officer said Monday that Israel had fired its Arrow missile at a Syrian rocket which posed a ...
‘Intense’ Strikes Pound East Damascus After Rebel Assault
Syrian warplanes hammered opposition-held neighbourhoods of Damascus on Monday after regime forces pushed back a surprise assault that saw rebels ...