Tag: Syria
Syria vows to help refugees return, wants sanctions lifted
DAMASCUS: Syrian government officials vowed Monday to ensure the safe return of refugees and urged Western countries to encourage the process by lifting sanctions.
Deputy...
Merkel, Putin to discuss Syria, Ukraine and energy
BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Vladimir Putin will discuss the war in Syria, the conflict in east Ukraine and a disputed pipeline to...
Syrian army urges people in Idlib to agree return of state...
BEIRUT: The Syrian army urged people in rebel-held Idlib province to agree to a return of state rule and told them the war was...
Syria’s first lady diagnosed with breast cancer: presidency
DAMASCUS: The wife of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has begun treatment for early-stage breast cancer, the presidency said on Wednesday.
"Asma al-Assad is beginning the...
Amnesty urges US coalition to probe Syrian civilian deaths
BEIRUT: A leading international watchdog on Tuesday urged the US-led coalition battling the Islamic State group in Syria to further investigate civilian deaths in...
Russia confirms it sent Syrian refugee proposal to US
MOSCOW: Russia's army on Saturday confirmed it sent a letter to the United States last month with a proposal to cooperate on rebuilding Syria...
Russia FM says US can do more to rebuild Syria
BEIRUT: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the United States and the West could do more to help rebuild war-torn Syria to improve the...
Syria opposition turns to political path after military defeats
RIYADH: The Syrian opposition's chief negotiator, Nasr al-Hariri, called for a renewal of UN-brokered peace talks while acknowledging "significant military losses" by rebel forces,...
Syria regime raises flag on frontier with Israel-occupied Golan
BEIRUT: Syrian government forces raised the country's two-star flag on the frontier with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Thursday, a monitor said, four years...
Syria’s Red Crescent, UN begin delivering French aid
DAMASCUS: Syrian relief workers and the United Nations began distributing humanitarian assistance provided by France to the battered region of Eastern Ghouta on Thursday,...
Death toll in devastating IS attacks in Syria climbs to 216
BEIRUT: The death toll from coordinated attacks by Islamic State fighters on a usually peaceful southern Syrian city and surrounding countryside has climbed to...
Merkel, Lavrov discuss Syria and Middle East
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Berlin on Tuesday to discuss Syria, the situation in the...
Syria blasts evacuation of White Helmets as ‘criminal’
DAMASCUS: Syria's Foreign Ministry has called the evacuation of members of the White Helmets to Jordan a "criminal process" that revealed the role of...
Aid arrives in Syria as Putin, Macron discuss relief mission to...
CHÂTEAUROUX: Humanitarian aid sent by France and Russia arrived in Syria on Saturday as the two countries' leaders discussed a joint mission to distribute...
Syria’s Assad set to recover Golan frontier as rebels surrender
BEIRUT/AMMAN: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is set to recover control of the frontier with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights after rebel fighters in the area...
2 besieged pro-govt villages evacuated: Syrian media
BEIRUT: All the residents of two Syrian pro-government villages in the country's northwest — over 7,000 people — who were besieged by the rebels...
US general: no new orders on Russian military in Syria since...
WASHINGTON: US General Joseph Votel, who oversees military operations in Syria, said on Thursday he had received no new directions about relations with the...
