Tag: Syria
US, Russia, Iran seek to bridge gaps on Syria
US Secretary of State John Kerry is meeting separately with his Iranian and Russian counterparts in Vienna, before international talks on Syria the top...
35 killed in strikes on Syria hospitals: MSF
A "significant increase" of air strikes on Syrian hospitals recently has killed at least 35 patients and medical staff and wounded 72, Doctors Without...
IS militants tie captives to Palmyra columns, blow them up
It was the latest gruesome method of killing by the militant group, which has become known for horrific beheadings and immolation of its prisoners
UN raises alarm over sex abuse of migrant women, children in...
The UN refugee agency said more than a third of the more than 600,000 migrants and refugees who have arrived in Europe this year are women and children, warning they are “particularly subject to abuse.”
Nearly 450 killed in Russian strikes on Syria: monitor
Russian air strikes in Syria have killed at least 446 people, more than a third of them civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights...
IS not alone in looting Syria cultural heritage: study
The self-styled Islamic State (IS) group may dominate headlines about the destruction of heritage sites in Syria, but it is far from the only...
Assad flies to Moscow to thank Putin for Syria air strikes
Putin says Russia ready to help with a political solution in Syria
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday evening made his first foreign visit since...
Syria’s Assad, Putin meet in Moscow: Kremlin
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday evening made his first foreign visit since Syria's war broke out in 2011, and held talks with his...
US, Russia sign memo to avoid clashes in air over Syria
US and Russian military officials signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday that includes steps their pilots should take to avoid an inadvertent clash...
Iran ready to send fighters to Syria: senior official
Iran is willing to send fighters to key ally Syria if Damascus requests them, a senior Iranian official said Thursday on a visit to...
Russia says getting ‘closer’ to deal with US to avoid Syria...
Moscow and Washington are getting closer to agreeing a deal to avoid clashes between their aircraft over Syria, Russia´s defence ministry said Wednesday, after...
US airdrops ammunition to Syria rebels
United States (US) forces airdropped small arms ammunition and other supplies to Syrian Arab rebels, barely two weeks after Russia raised the stakes in...
‘Fiercest clashes’ as Syria regime advances with Russian support
Syrian regime forces backed by Russian air strikes advanced in the centre of the country on Monday, sparking the fiercest clashes with rebels since...
Russia steps up air strikes against Assad opponents in Syria
Russia said on Saturday it had stepped up its bombing campaign against Islamic State militants in Syria, while local observers said several of the...
Four Syria-bound Russian missiles crash in Iran, says US official
Four Russian cruise missiles aimed at targets in Syria instead crashed in Iran, a US official said Thursday, declining to comment on whether there...
Russia builds up ground forces in Syria alongside airstrikes
US calls rapid deployment ‘impressive’; Moscow launches first naval bombardment
Russia has built up a battalion-sized ground force inside Syria with rocket artillery and its...
US defence chief warns Russia has ‘losing strategy’ in Syria
US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter said Monday that Russia is pursuing a “losing strategy” in Syria and that it must live up to its...
