Tag: Syria
Syria peace talks delayed until Friday: UN envoy
Talks aimed at ending Syria's brutal war will begin in Geneva on Friday, the UN mediator said, after a delay over who will represent...
Syria peace talks to start in Geneva on Friday: UN envoy
Peace talks between the warring parties in Syria, which were scheduled to open Monday, will instead begin in Geneva on Friday and last for...
Saudi-Iranian proxy war over Syria spreads to Davos
Senior Saudi and Iranian figures clashed behind closed doors at a private meeting convened by the World Economic Forum in Davos this week to...
US says prepared for military solution against Islamic State in Syria
US Vice President Joe Biden said on Saturday that the United States and Turkey were prepared for a military solution against Islamic State in...
Islamic State confirms death of ‘Jihadi John’ in Syria drone strike
The Islamic State group confirmed Tuesday the death of British extremist “Jihadi John”, saying he was killed in a drone strike in their Syrian...
IS abducts more than 400 civilians in east Syria: monitor
The militant Islamic State (IS) group abducted at least 400 civilians including women and children after seizing territory in a deadly assault on Syria's...
600 British militants stopped from entering Syria: Hammond
Some 600 Britons have been stopped from going to Syria to try to join Islamic State and other militant groups, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond...
Russia, Syria agreed ‘open-ended’ military presence for Moscow
Russia and Syria in August signed an agreement giving Moscow the go-ahead for an open-ended military presence in the war-torn country, Moscow has revealed.
The...
Air strike kills 12 schoolchildren in Syrian town
Bombs dropped by suspected Russian warplanes killed at least 12 Syrian schoolchildren on Monday when they hit a classroom in a rebel-held town in...
Putin says he wants global cooperation against terrorism
Russia wants to fight terrorism jointly with the rest of the world, President Vladimir Putin said in an interview published on Monday, while again...
Pakistanis, Syrian attacked in Cologne amid tension
Police say a group of Pakistanis and a Syrian have been attacked in Cologne amid tensions over New Year's Eve assaults in the city...
Saudi Arabia using Iran row to hurt Syria peace talks: Zarif
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday accused Saudi Arabia of using its row with Tehran to “negatively affect” peace talks on the...
Air strike kills 39 in Syria as UN envoy visits Damascus
An air strike reportedly killed dozens of people in a rebel-held town in Syria on Saturday as a UN envoy visited Damascus to advance...
Daesh member executes his mother in Syria
An Islamic State (Daesh) militant executed his mother in public in the Syrian city of Raqqa because she had asked him to leave the...
In policy shift, US sees Assad staying in Syria until March...
The Obama administration's best-case scenario for political transition in Syria does not foresee Bashar Assad stepping down as the country's leader before March 2017,...
Saudi Arabia sees ‘no effect’ from break with Iran on Syria,...
Saudi Arabia’s decision to break off relations with Iran should have no impact on peace efforts in Syria and Yemen, Riyadh’s envoy to the...
Syria arrests opposition figures on way to Riyadh meeting
Syrian authorities on Wednesday arrested two prominent members of the country’s domestic opposition as they travelled to Riyadh to meet other regime opponents, a...
