Syrian civil war
Russia, China Veto UN Resolution On Syria Sanctions
Russia and China on Tuesday vetoed a UN resolution backed by Western powers that would have imposed sanctions on Syria...
Turkey Says Wants To Be Part of Raqa Operation
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday Ankara wanted to work with its allies to capture the Islamic State...
Syria Ex-Qaeda Says Opposition Leaders Must ‘step Aside’
The head of Al-Qaeda's former Syrian branch said weekend suicide attacks in third city Homs were a message for...
Pentagon Send Trump A Plan To Defeat ISIS Within A YEAR
The Pentagon presented the White House with possible new battle plans Monday to defeat the Islamic State group, after...
US, Russia Set To Clash Over Syria Sanctions
Russia and the United States were headed for a clash at the UN Security Council on Monday as Moscow prepared to veto a...
Pentagon Readies New Anti-IS Plan For Trump
The Pentagon was due to present the White House on Monday with possible new battle plans to defeat the Islamic State...
11 Killed In Government Raids On Northwest Syria
Government air strikes on northwest Syria killed at least 11 people overnight, most of them civilians, the Syrian...
Syrian Opposition Says To Meet Russian Officials At Geneva Talks On Monday
A senior opposition negotiator at Syria peace talks in Geneva said on Monday his delegation would meet Russian foreign...
People of Al-Bab In Syria Tell of Last Days Under IS
In the days before the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion Al-Bab fell, Umm Abdo's family sheltered underground both...
Syrian Opposition Accuses Damascus of ‘stalling’ Talks
The main Syrian opposition group at peace talks in Geneva accused Damascus on Sunday of "stalling", after its chief...
Syria Talks Challenged As Suicide Blasts Kill Dozens
UN efforts to launch a new round of Syria peace talks sputtered Saturday as suicide attacks killed dozens of people,...
Top US Commander For Mideast In Secret Syria Trip
The top US military commander for the Middle East made a secret trip to northern Syria Friday to meet a US-backed...
Ankara Says Nearly 50,000 Syrians Have Returned Home
Tens of thousands of Syrians have returned home from Turkey since the start of Ankara's military operation inside the...
Turkey Says Al-Bab Completely Captured From Jihadists
Turkish armed forces and allied Syrian rebels have completely taken the IS bastion of Al-Bab in northern Syria from...
UN Syria Talks Open As Blast Reflects Fragility of Truce
The first full day of a fresh round of Syria peace talks began in Geneva Friday as a suicide bombing killed 42,...
Suicide Bomber Kills 42 Near Syria Town Taken From ISIS
A suicide bomber attacked Turkish-backed rebels just outside the Syrian town of Al-Bab Friday, killing 42 people in a...
Suicide Bomber Kills 42 Near Syria Town Taken From IS
A suicide bomber attacked Turkish-backed rebels just outside the Syrian town of Al-Bab Friday, killing 42 people in a...
Suicide Bomber Kills 29 Near Syria Town Taken From IS
A suicide bomber killed 29 people, most of them rebels, on Friday near the Syrian town of Al-Bab, which they had taken...
Why Does the Capture of Syria’s Al-Bab Matter?
The Syrian town of Al-Bab was for three years a key jihadist stronghold in northern Syria, whose capture Ankara hopes...