Tag: Damascus
Syrian Kurdish-led council visits Damascus for new talks
BEIRUT: The political wing of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) went to Damascus last week for a second round of talks with the...
Syrian Kurdish-backed council holds talks in Damascus
BEIRUT: A senior Syrian Kurdish official is in Damascus this week for talks with Syrian government officials at the head of a delegation including...
Damascus, IS using civilians as ‘pawns’: UN rights chief
GENEVA: Civilians fleeing attacks on rebel-held towns in southern Syria are being used as "pawns", the UN rights chief said, lamenting reported demands for...
Syrian army, police celebrate recapturing all of Damascus
BEIRUT: Syrian government forces raised their flag over the Yarmouk Palestinian camp in Damascus on Tuesday as state media promoted what it said was...
Syrian army captures southern part of IS-held areas south of Damascus
DAMASCUS: The Syrian army on Saturday captured the southern part of the Hajar al-Aswad area south of the capital Damascus, the state TV reported.
The...
Syrian rebels withdraw from enclave northeast of Damascus
BEIRUT/AMMAN: Syrian rebels began withdrawing from an enclave northeast of Damascus on Saturday and will go to northern Syria, state TV and a rebel...
Islam Army rebels start evacuating from northeast of Damascus
DAMASCUS: Hundreds of Islam Army rebels and their families left Dumair town in northeast of Syrian capital Damascus on Thursday to northern Syria, state...
Syrian govt shelling of Eastern Ghouta kills at least 98 people,...
DAMASCUS: A Syrian monitoring group and paramedics say government shelling and airstrikes on rebel-held suburbs of the capital, Damascus, killed at least 98 people on...
Syrian forces respond to Israeli ‘aggression’ in Damascus
DAMASCUS/ TEL AVIV: The Israeli Defence Forces have yet to comment on the announcement. Tel Aviv and Damascus, that have never signed a peace...
Pakistani couple besieged in Syria finally contacted by embassy
FO spokesman says country’s embassy in Damascus had established contact with elderly couple on Tuesday
LAHORE: Pakistan’s diplomatic machinery has been set in motion...
Pakistani couple starving in Syria a stone’s throw away from embassy
Living in near desolation, Akram and his wife survive by raising livestock
'I have nothing to eat; I have no clean water to...
Syria army intercepts Israel missiles near Damascus
DAMASCUS: Syrian air defences intercepted at least two Israeli missiles fired at a government “military position” in Damascus province early Saturday but the attack still...
Six children among 19 killed in shelling near Damascus
DOUMA: Shelling by the Syrian regime on the rebel-held area of Eastern Ghouta near Damascus Friday killed at least 19 civilians, among them six...
Three suicide bombers from IS blow themselves near police HQ in...
DAMASCUS: Three suicide bombers blew themselves up near the main police headquarters in Syria s capital Damascus on Wednesday, killing at least two people,...
Islamic State claims attack on Damascus police station
BEIRUT: Islamic State said three of its fighters carried out an attack on a Damascus police station on Monday in which 17 people were...
Negotiations underway to evacuate rebels from Syrian capital
DAMASCUS: Negotiations were under way on Sunday on evacuating insurgents and their families from two districts in Damascus, a Syrian military source on the...
Damascus rules out talks on presidential vote
The Syrian government on Saturday ruled out any discussion of presidential elections at peace talks due to start next week, drawing accusations from the...
