Tag: Syria
Syria condemns Turkish, US presence around Manbij
BEIRUT: Syria said on Tuesday it rejected the presence of Turkish and US forces around the northern town of Manbij, a day after soldiers...
Warplanes strike Syrian opposition-held southwest: monitor
BEIRUT: Warplanes struck an opposition-held area in Syria's southwestern Deraa province on Tuesday, a war monitor and local activists reported, a military escalation in...
Lavrov, Pompeo discuss Syria, North Korea
MOSCOW: Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has had a call with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to discuss Syria, North Korea and plans...
Syria state media says US bombs military positions, US denies reports
BEIRUT: Syrian state media said on Monday that US-led coalition aircraft had bombed an army position in the east, causing deaths and injuries, but...
Russia will stay in Syria ‘as long as beneficial’: Putin
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said Russian forces would remain in Syria as long as it was in Moscow's interests, despite earlier announcing...
Syria’s Assad says will visit North Korea, news agency reports
SEOUL: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he plans to visit North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, North Korean state media reported on Sunday, potentially...
Syria seeks to recapture southwest: foreign minister
BEIRUT: The Syrian government wants to recapture insurgent territory in the southwest through a settlement in which fighters accept state rule or leave, the foreign...
Syria’s Assad threatens to attack area under US-backed Kurds
BEIRUT: Syrian President Bashar Assad threatened to attack a region held by US-backed Kurdish fighters in northeastern Syria, saying in an interview broadcast on...
Israel: Iran should be denied any military presence in Syria
JERUSALEM: Israel called on Monday for its arch-foe Iran to be denied any military presence in Syria, after Russia said Damascus' forces alone should...
US warns Syrian government not to advance on south
BEIRUT: The United States warned it would take "firm and appropriate measures" to protect a cease-fire in southern Syria if President Bashar Assad's forces...
Syria regime warns Daraa rebels with air-dropped leaflets
DARAA: Syrian aircraft on Friday dropped leaflets on the southern province of Daraa, urging the rebels who control most of it to lay down...
Syria: US-backed group captures French IS member
BEIRUT: A US-backed Syrian Kurdish group has detained a high-profile French Islamic State fighter in northern Syria who has been linked to terror attacks...
US-led strike hits regime positions in east Syria
DAMSACUS: Syrian state media reported early Thursday that an aerial attack by the US-led coalition had hit several military positions in the country’s east,...
Are cracks emerging in Russia-Iran alliance in Syria?
TEHRAN: Russia's recent call for foreign forces to leave Syria was seen as a possible turning-point in its tricky alliance with Iran, though analysts...
Russia, after Netanyahu visit, backs off Syria S-300 missile supplies
MOSCOW: Russia is not in talks with the Syrian government about supplying advanced S-300 ground-to-air missiles and does not think they are needed, the...
Israeli defence minister tells Assad to ‘throw Iranians out’ of Syria
TEL AVIV: Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Friday urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to expel Iranian forces from his country, after Israeli air...
Dancer’s journey from war-torn Syria to the Paris stage
PARIS: Yara al-Hasbani was putting the finishing touches to her make-up for a performance of "Romeo and Juliet" in Damascus when she found out...
