America’s failure to commit resources has enabled a multiplicity of players — Iran, Russia, Islamic State, Hezbollah — to muddy the bloody waters of the civil war, says Christopher R. Hill
Thu, 22 Feb, 2018
Donald Trump has hinted he could change his mind on the US pulling out of the international Paris climate change deal.
Fri, 14 Jul, 2017
The UN said it is using newly opened land routes to expand food deliveries to areas around the Syrian city of Raqqa, where US-backed forces are battling Islamic State militants in their self-declared capital.
Wed, 12 Jul, 2017
An open-ended ceasefire in southern Syria brokered by the United States and Russia has come into effect.
Sun, 09 Jul, 2017
Russian bombers have targeted the Islamic State group in Syria with cruise missiles, the military said.
Wed, 05 Jul, 2017
The US has deployed a truck-mounted missile system into Syria, an official confirmed.
Wed, 14 Jun, 2017
In the aftermath of Brexit, the upcoming Nato summit in Warsaw, offers the West a chance to work towards greater unity which is exactly what is needed at this time, says Bogdan Klich
Fri, 01 Jul, 2016
George Soros says Russian President Vladimir Putin is out to to foster disintegration of the EU by flooding it with Syrian refugees fleeing his bombing campaign
Thu, 11 Feb, 2016
A 29-year-old Syrian refugee who escaped to Ireland 18 months ago has made an impassioned plea to the Irish and European governments to help his fellow country people.
Thu, 10 Sep, 2015
Syrian rebels using improvised mortar bombs made of cooking gas canisters killed 311 civilians between July and December this year, a monitoring group said, condemning the use of the wildly inaccurate weapons.
Sat, 13 Dec, 2014
A powerful winter storm sweeping the eastern Mediterranean this week is causing mayhem across the region and inflicting extra misery on Syrians convulsed in civil war and refugees who have fled the fighting.
Sat, 14 Dec, 2013
The International Committee of the Red Cross said it was still seeking a formal Syrian response to its request for urgent access to the besieged town of Qusair after a minister said aid efforts should wait until the fighting was over.
Tue, 04 Jun, 2013
The Philippines remains committed to deploying troops in UN peacekeeping hotspots despite the brief hostage-taking of 21 of its soldiers, military officials have said.
Sun, 10 Mar, 2013
Two car have bombs exploded in southern Syria and a rocket slammed into a building in the north in renewed violence that state media blamed on rebel fighters.
Fri, 18 Jan, 2013
Government forces pummelled the battered city of Aleppo with airstrikes and tanks and shelled parts of Damascus and southern Syria yesterday, killing at least 100 people during a major Muslim holiday, rights groups and activists said.
Tue, 21 Aug, 2012
DOZENS of soldiers and security forces were gunned down by suspected army defectors in southern Syria, a deadly ambush that comes as President Bashar Assad increasingly appears unable to manage the crisis, activists said.
Wed, 16 Nov, 2011
Dozens of soldiers and security forces have been gunned down by suspected army defectors in southern Syria, a deadly ambush that comes as President Bashar Assad increasingly appears unable to manage the crisis, activists said today.
Tue, 15 Nov, 2011
SYRIAN protesters have called for international protection from a military crackdown on nearly six months of nationwide demonstrations demanding an end to President Bashar al-Assad’s rule.
Sat, 10 Sep, 2011
Syrian security forces killed at least 62 people today in an escalation of the crackdown on protests ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, activists and residents said.
Sun, 31 Jul, 2011
The Syrian army raided cities across the country before dawn today, killing at least 34 people – most of them in the flashpoint city of Hama where a barrage of shelling and gunfire left bodies scattered in the streets, activists and residents said.
Syrian army troops and tanks moved into a restive north western city from two sides today, extending the crackdown on a region that is historically hostile the Damascus regime.
Sun, 12 Jun, 2011
Syrian soldiers and tanks carrying out a nationwide crackdown on regime opponents are reported to have surrounded the city of Hama.
Thu, 12 May, 2011
Security forces have opened fire on anti-government protesters in southern Syria, killing at least three people, as the government moves to crush a popular nationwide revolt, Syrian rights activists said today.
Wed, 11 May, 2011
A SYRIAN mother-of-six who opened the door to a secret policeman in the border town of Deraa just had time to scream “Israelis are more merciful than you” before he shot her dead, relatives said.
Fri, 29 Apr, 2011
Syrian security forces fired on funeral processions that drew tens of thousands, one day after the bloodiest crackdown so far in the uprising against President Bashar Assad.
Sun, 24 Apr, 2011
The Syrian government has pledged to consider lifting some of the Middle East’s most repressive laws in an attempt to stop a week-long uprising in a southern city from spreading and threatening its nearly 50-year rule.
Fri, 25 Mar, 2011
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