syria
In IS-Held Raqa, Parched Civilians Risk Lives For Water
Syria's Raqa once thrived on the banks of the gushing Euphrates River, but dire shortages in the Islamic State group...
Trump Versus the Rest As Violent G20 Wraps Up
US President Donald Trump heads Saturday into the final day of a fractious and violent G20 summit in Germany at odds...
US, Russia Agree On Ceasefire In South Syria From Sunday
Russia and the United States have agreed to a ceasefire in southern Syria starting from midday on Sunday, Russian...
US-Led Strikes Claim Another 119 Civilian Lives
A review of past air and artillery strikes has found that another 119 civilians were killed by the US-led coalition in...
Top US Justice Officials To Visit Guantanamo
The top US justice officials are to visit the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on Friday amid signs the Trump...
Heavy Regime Bombardment Reported Near Damascus
Government forces carried out heavy bombardment Friday of a rebel-held district on the eastern edge of the Syrian...
Bombed-Out Cafe Reopens In Aleppo’s Armenian Quarter
Taline Menassian still trembles when she steps into the Aleppo Armenian Society's open-air cafe, shaken by memories of...
G20: Trump and Putin Meet Face To Face For First Time
Latest: G20: Trump and Putin meet face to face for first time Using ‘imperfect scale to balance ‘imperfect system...
Egypt Military Says 26 Soldiers Killed Or Wounded In Sinai Attacks
Twenty-six Egyptian soldiers were killed or wounded on Friday in attacks on checkpoints in the Sinai Peninsula where...
Trump and Putin To Meet Face To Face
US President Donald Trump is to meet his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, for the first time at a G20 summit in...
Anti-IS Forces Struggle To Gain Ground In Raqa
US-backed forces struggled to gain ground against the Islamic State group in Syria's Raqa on Friday, facing a wave of...
Trump-Putin Talks Overshadow Problem-Strewn G20 Summit
US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin were to meet Friday for the first time in a highly-awaited...
Trump and Putin To Meet Face To Face For First Time
On Thursday, Mr Trump used a speech in the Polish capital Warsaw to call on Russia to stop “destabilising”...
Trump, Putin In First Showdown At Fractious G20
US President Donald Trump meets Russian leader Vladimir Putin for the first time Friday, in an eagerly awaited...
France and Russia Vow To Fight Extremism
The French and Russian foreign ministers vowed Thursday to put aside their countries' differences to fight and defeat...
Lavrov Says Trying To Clarify US Syria No-Fly Zones Proposal
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday Moscow was seeking to clarify a claim by his US counterpart that...
UN-OPCW Probe of Syria Sarin Gas Attack Comes Under Heavy Pressure
A joint UN-OPCW panel tasked with determining who was behind the deadly sarin gas attack in the Syrian town of Khan...
In East Aleppo, Industrial Zones Emerge From the Rubble
In a formerly rebel-held district of Syria's Aleppo, factory owner Karam allows himself a small smile as he watches his...
Civilians Trapped As Iraq Forces Battle IS In Mosul
Iraqi forces on Thursday battled the last remaining Islamic State group fighters in Mosul's Old City, where the UN said...