Tag: Syria
Syria battles rage as both sides weigh truce plan
Syrian forces on Wednesday bombarded opposition belts in the country’s battle-scarred north, as both sides indicated they are ready to explore a truce proposal...
Syrian jets bomb rebels despite UN ceasefire call
Warplanes unleashed a wave of air raids on rebel belts in Syria's north Tuesday even as the UN appealed for a nationwide ceasefire during...
EU agrees new Syria sanctions, makes no progress with Russia
Union foreign ministers imposed fresh sanctions against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime Monday but failed to iron out differences with Russia over how to end...
Syria slaps Turkish flight ban, hits back at rebels
Syria banned Turkish passenger flights from its airspace from Sunday in a retaliatory move, as its troops launched a counter-attack on rebels in the...
Syria conflict death toll at least 33,000: NGO
Violence in Syria has killed at least 33,082 people, most of them civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said on Saturday.
Some...
UN envoy, German minister in Turkey for Syria talks
Peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi and German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle were in Istanbul for talks with Turkish leaders on Saturday as tensions soared between...
Russia seeks answers from Turkey over Syria plane intercept
Russia furiously demanded answers from Turkey on Thursday after it forced a Syrian passenger plane flying from Moscow to land in Ankara on suspicion...
Dozens die in battles for key north Syria towns: watchdog
Dozens of people have died in battles between Syrian troops and rebels for strategic northern towns, a watchdog said Thursday, adding that war planes...
Turkey warns Syria, Homs hammered by army
Turkey’s top military commander on Wednesday warned of a stronger response if Syrian shells continue to land on Turkish soil, as Syria’s army launched...
Syrian troops blast Homs, residents plead for help
Syrian forces on Wednesday hammered rebel belts in the central city of Homs, where besieged residents desperately pleaded for humanitarian assistance, and in the...
NATO warns on Syria-Turkey escalation
NATO warned on Tuesday against any escalation in hostilities between Syria and Turkey after border artillery exchanges as alliance defence ministers reviewed a difficult...
50 dead as Syria rebels take border town
Nearly 50 soldiers and rebels were killed on Saturday in clashes near Syria's northern border, as Turkey hit back against what it said was...
Turkey hits back after new mortar fire from Syria
Turkey hit back on Saturday against what it said was a fresh round of mortar fire from Syria, little more than 24 hours after...
Tehran demands release of Iranians in Syria
Iran's foreign ministry on Saturday appealed for the release of 48 of its citizens held hostage by rebels in Syria and threatened with execution...
Turkey parliament holds emergency session on Syria mandate
Turkish lawmakers on Thursday held an emergency session to vote on a government request for a cross-border military operation, a day after five nationals...
Syria shells kill five inside Turkey
Syrian shells killed five people in a Turkish town near the border Wednesday, prompting Ankara to contact the UN over the incident, which it...
Shells rock rebel bastions as Syria violence escalates
Regime forces rained shells on rebel bastions in and around Damascus on Tuesday and extra troops headed north to join the battle for the...
