Tag: Syria

UNITED NATIONS- There were two attempted attacks on Syrian convoys transporting chemical weapons late last month, Syrian authorities told the international mission overseeing the removal...

BEIRUT- Fighters from an al Qaeda splinter group, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), withdrew from a rebel-held Syrian town near the...

Advisor on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz has vehemently rejected allegations of selling of arms to Saudi Arabia for use in Syria...

Saudi Arabia is in talks with Pakistan to provide anti-aircraft and anti-tank rockets to Syrian rebels to try to tip the balance in the...

UNITED NATIONS- The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on access to humanitarian aid in Syria. The resolution demands cross-border aid access and condemns...

BEIRUT- At least nine people were killed in a car bomb attack on Sunday near a field hospital in the Syrian town of Atmeh near...

ISLAMABAD A calling attention notice has been submitted in the Senate asking the prime minister’s adviser on foreign affairs to explain the government position...

ANKARA- As Syria's war nears the start of its fourth year, Iranhas stepped up support on the ground for President Bashar al-Assad, providing elite teams...

ONLINE- The UN Security Council will be voting on Saturday on a draft resolution that calld for immediate and unhindered humanitarian aid access in...

BEIRUT- A twin suicide bombing targeting the Iranian cultural center in Beirut killed six people on Wednesday, in an attack claimed by an al Qaeda-linked...

GENEVA- International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi apologized to the Syrian people for the lack of progress at peace talks in Geneva after their second round ended...

GENEVA- Syria's government and opposition on Tuesday sat down for their first face-to-face talks this month, on the second day of a...

MOSCOW- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that a draft U.N. Security Council resolution aimed boost aid access to Syria was one-sided and...

HOMS- 83 civilians were evacuated on Friday from the government sieged city of Homs following the talks launched two weeks ago between rivals to try...

SOCHI- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday he was confident Syria would meet a June 30 deadline to eliminate its entire chemical weapons...

WASHINGTON- United States on Thursday slammed the Syrian government, accusing the President Bashar Assad of stalling the removal of Syria’s chemical weapons after a deadline...

GENEVA- Syria's rivals on Saturday held their first face-to-face meetings for talks aimed at ending nearly three years of conflict which has killed...