“The situation in Afghanistan is not easy,” Putin said during a video conference with security service chiefs of ex-Soviet states. “Militants from Iraq, Syria
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Turkey says it will do ‘what is necessary’ after Syria attacks
2 jihadist commanders killed in Syria drone strikes: monitor
Russia’s Putin slams presence of foreign troops in Syria
Russia’s Vladimir Putin slams presence of foreign troops in Syria
Syria violence worsening, not safe for refugee return, UN investigators say
Syria is still unsafe for the return of refugees a decade after its conflict began, UN war crimes investigators said on Tuesday, documenting worsening
Syria’s president decrees 50% salary hike amid harsh crisis
Syrian President Bashar Assad issued a decree Sunday giving hundreds of thousands of civil servants and military members a 50% salary increase amid a
Syria government shelling kills 8, mostly children, in Idlib
Biden hosts Israeli president ahead of Bennett visit
Biden also dismissed congressional critics who have questioned his legal authority in ordering air strikes against Iranian-backed militias accused of attacking US personnel in
Syria has likely used chemical weapons 17 times: Watchdog
The head of the international chemical weapons watchdog told the UN Security Council that its experts have investigated 77 allegations against Syria, and concluded
Decade of Syria war killed nearly 500,000 people
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the conflict has claimed 494,438 lives since it erupted in 2011 with the brutal repression of
Vaccine campaign begins amid virus surge in rebel-held Syria
A Covid-19 vaccine campaign kicked off in Syria’s last rebel-held enclave on Saturday, with a 45-year-old front-line nurse becoming the first to receive a
Syria receives batch of UN vaccines to speed up virus fight
The Syrian government received a batch of 203,000 Covid-19 vaccines Thursday, the health minister said, in a move aimed at speeding up a sluggish
Missile from Syria lands in Israel, triggers Israel strike
A Syrian anti-aircraft missile landed in southern Israel early Thursday, setting off air raid sirens near the country’s top-secret nuclear reactor, the Israeli military
Majority of nations approve suspending Syria’s OPCW rights
In an unprecedented vote Wednesday, member states of the global chemical weapons watchdog suspended Syria’s voting rights at the organization as a punishment for
France urges rebuke for Syria over chemical weapons use
A group of 46 nations called Tuesday on member states of the global chemical weapons watchdog to diplomatically rebuke Syria for using toxic gas
Pope celebrates mass of ‘mercy’ with prisoners, refugees
Among them, there were inmates of two Roman prisons and one youth detention centre; refugees from Syria, Nigeria and Egypt; and nursing staff from
Timeline: Ten years of war in Syria
Biden: Strikes in Syria sent warning to Iran to ‘be careful’
President Joe Biden said Friday that Iran should view his decision to authorize US airstrikes in Syria as a warning that it can expect
US bombs facilities in Syria used by Iran-backed militia
The airstrike was the first military action undertaken by the Biden administration, which in its first weeks has emphasized its intent to put more
Pope says faces of children in Syria should touch all consciences
Pope Francis on Friday highlighted the plight of children caught up in war, singling out victims in Syria, Yemen and Iraq in his Christmas
Syria graduate docs to battle Covid in rebel hub
Humanitarian workers fear any further rise in novel coronavirus cases would be disastrous in northwestern Syria, where around half of three million people live
A second wave of Mideast protests
The countries swept up by the latest revolts had initially stood on the sidelines as a contagion of uprisings gripped Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, Libya
Syria’s longtime FM al-Moallem dies age 79
Airstrike in northwestern Syria kills 50 rebel fighters
France teacher’s killer had ‘contact’ with jihadist in Syria
Seven people have been charged with being complicit in a “terrorist murder” after 18-year-old Chechen Abdullakh Anzorov beheaded Samuel Paty on the outskirts of
Who are the foreign fighters in Nagorno-Karabakh?
On Friday, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told French newspaper Le Figaro that Turkey had “transported thousands of mercenaries and terrorists” to Azerbaijan from
Turkey’s president says UN failed amid pandemic
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has long called for a reform of the United Nations, said the world body has failed in its
US sends troops, armoured vehicles to Syria to counter Russia
Navy Captain. Bill Urban, spokesman for US Central Command, said the US has also sent in radar systems and increased fighter jet patrols over