Car Bomb Kills Four In Syria’s Homs
A car bomb killed four people and wounded more than two dozen in Syria's third city Homs on Tuesday, state media said, days after the government regained full control. The blast struck near the...
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Blasts At Syrian Rebel Base Kill 14 Fighters
Ahrar al-Sham blamed the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) for the attack Ahrar al-Sham blamed the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) for the attack At least 14 fighters from the...
Syria Regime Regains Total Control of Homs City
The Syrian regime on Sunday regained total control of the central city of Homs with the evacuation of rebels from the last area they had controlled. The Russian-supervised evacuation of the Waer...
Trump Tells Pentagon To ‘annihilate’ IS Fighters
President Donald Trump has told the Pentagon to 'annihilate' the Islamic State group in Syria to prevent the escaped foreign fighters from returning home. Instead of targeting jihadists as they leave...
Syria Rebels Being Evacuated From Last Homs District
The last Syrian rebels and their families were being evacuated from the last opposition-held neighbourhood of the central city of Homs on Saturday, the provincial governor said. Talal Barazi told AFP...
Assad Vows To Continue Working With Iran After Rouhani Win
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad lauded his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani Saturday on his election victory and vowed to continue cooperating with Tehran, a key Damascus supporter. Assad...
ISIS Executes 19 Civilians In Syria, Including Two Children
ISIS has executed 19 civilians in Syria, including two children, human rights activists have claimed today. The executions are said to have happened in the last 24 hours in a village held by...
Convoy Hit By Coalition In Syria Likely ‘Iranian-Directed’
A pro-regime convoy that was struck by US-led warplanes inside Syria this week likely was directed by Iran, Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said Friday. The strike on the convoy heading toward a coalition...
Moscow Says US Coalition Strikes On Syrian Forces ‘unacceptable’
Russia on Friday condemned strikes by the US-led coalition against Syrian forces as "unacceptable", state media reported, after the bombing of pro-government troops. "Any military actions that lead...
Syrians Seek Release of Prisoners From ‘crematorium’ Jail
Standing outside the UN's headquarters in Geneva, Amina Kholani chokes back tears as she relives the nightmare of visiting relatives in Saydnaya, one of Syria's most notorious prisons. The infamous...
US Accuses Syria of Mass Executions and Burning the Bodies
The Syrian government has been accused of carrying out mass killings of thousands of prisoners by the US government - which released satellite images to prove it. The Trump administration claims the...
US Says Syria Using ‘crematorium’ To Hide Mass Killing
The United States on Monday accused the Syrian regime of installing a prison crematorium to destroy the remains of thousands of murdered detainees, piling pressure on Russia to rein in its ally....
Syria Regime Nears Total Recapture of Damascus
Syria's regime is close to cementing its control over the entire capital under local deals with rebels after a six-year war that has ravaged suburbs of Damascus and caused population displacements....
Syrian Refugee Kids In Lebanon Act, Direct, ‘escape’
"Three, two, one, action!" shouts Syrian refugee Mostafa Abdallah, 11, energetically directing his fellow child actors in a musical being filmed in a Palestinian camp in the Lebanese capital. Members...
Syria Talks Open Overshadowed By Rival Track, Rebel Losses
A new round of Syrian peace talks opens in Geneva on Tuesday, overshadowed by a competing process in Astana and with rebels reeling from a major setback in Damascus. Since it broke out in March 2011,...
Evacuation of Rebel Damascus District Begins
Civilians and rebels began evacuating a third opposition-held district of Damascus on Sunday, bringing the government closer to cementing its control over the Syrian capital. An AFP correspondent...
Deal Reached To Evacuate Rebel-Held Damascus District
Syria's government has reached a deal with rebels in the Qabun neighbourhood of Damascus for the evacuation of opposition fighters, Syrian state media and a monitor said on Saturday. The deal comes...
More Than 1,200 ‘quit Damascus Rebel Zones’ Under Deal
More than 1,200 people including rebels left two opposition-held districts of Damascus on Friday under an agreement that will bring Syria's government closer to exerting full control over the...
As Fighting Ebbs In West Syria, Army Looks East
With hostilities subsiding on Syria's western battlefronts, President Bashar al-Assad's army is seeking to head off US-backed forces fighting jihadists further east, analysts and military sources in...
Army Makes Gains In Rebel Area of Damascus
Syrian government forces have gained ground in a rebel-held district of Damascus as part of the regime's efforts to push insurgents into accepting an evacuation deal, a monitor said Thursday. In...