Tag: Syria
Iran warns against outside interference in Syria
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi on Tuesday described Tehran as a "strong ally of the people of Syria" and warned outside powers not...
Syria air strike kills children, clashes in Aleppo souk
Army shelling and air raids killed dozens more civilians including children in Syrian flashpoints Monday, a watchdog said, while rebels and loyalists fought close-quarter...
Fierce clashes as army shells Syria’s Aleppo: NGO
Fierce fighting broke out in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Sunday as rebels attacked an army checkpoint near the capital, killing nine...
Fighting rages in Syria’s Aleppo, east Damascus
Fighting raged in a strategic district of Syria’s commercial capital Aleppo on Saturday, the third day of a rebel offensive to seize the city,...
Syria’s Aleppo rattled by ‘unprecedented’ fighting
Rebels unleashed an unprecedented barrage of mortar fire against troops in Aleppo on Friday after announcing a “decisive” battle for Syria’s second city, residents...
Army launches assault on rebel areas of Syria capital: NGO
Government troops launched assaults on several rebel areas in the north of Damascus on Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
"Regime forces stormed...
Syria tells rebels on mobile phones: ‘Game over’
Beirut: Syrian authorities on Thursday sent text messages over cell phones nationwide with a message for rebels fighting President Bashar Assad’s regime: “Game over.”
The...
Bomb blasts rock Syria army HQ
Deadly gunfire erupted around the headquarters compound of the Syrian army in the heart of Damascus on Wednesday following twin bombings targeting the heavily...
Syria fighting rages as world leaders meet at UN
Fierce fighting raged in key Syrian cities on Tuesday ahead of the UN General Assembly meeting, as international peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said he...
Syria and Iran hang heavy as world gathers at UN
Fears that the Syrian civil war and the Iranian nuclear stand-off could provoke wider international conflict dominated the debate on Monday as world leaders...
Syrian children killed ahead of UN briefing
Regime warplanes struck rebel positions in Aleppo Monday, killing three children, as insurgents claimed to control most of Syria ahead of a UN Security...
Syria, Iran nuclear fears, Muslim protests cloud UN summit
War in Syria, mounting tensions over Iran’s nuclear drive and anti-Western protests across the Muslim world will cast a shadow over the annual UN...
Rebels claim control over most of Syria
The rebel Free Syrian Army said on Sunday it now controls most of the war-torn country, a day after announcing that it has moved...
Syria troops, rebels battle for Aleppo-Idlib link
Syrian troops and rebels battled for control of a corridor near the border with Turkey on Saturday, monitors said, as rebel-held areas of Aleppo...
Syria army, rebels clash near Aleppo
Syrian troops backed by helicopter gunships clashed with rebels near a barracks in Aleppo as battles broke out around a military airport elsewhere in...
‘Friends of Syria’ seek to sharpen sanctions
Diplomats from over 60 nations and the Arab League met in The Hague on Thursday to toughen and improve coordination of sanctions against the...
More than 29,000 people killed in Syria conflict: watchdog
More than 29,000 people have been killed in violence in Syria since an anti-government uprising broke out in March last year meeting with a...
