Tag: Syria
Syrian rescuers struggle after routine airstrikes and bombings
Saeed Al-Masri is one of the volunteers with the White Helmets, a group that conducts search and rescue operations in the rubble after the...
Pakistani couple besieged in Syria finally evacuated
The besieged Pakistani couple in Syria, Muhammad Akram and his wife Sughran Bibi have safely been evacuated through the Wafidin Corridor and are on...
North Korea helped Syria manufacture chemical weapons: report
UNITED NATIONS: North Korea has been shipping supplies to the Syrian government that could be used in the production of chemical weapons, United Nations...
Syria’s Ghouta reels from strikes, clashes despite ceasefire call
Desperate civilians trapped in one of the most ferocious assaults of Syria's civil war awaited aid and medical help on Monday after regime airstrikes...
Pressure mounts to relieve ‘hell on earth’ in Syria enclave
International pressure mounted Thursday to end civilian suffering in a rebel-held enclave near Damascus where Syrian jets have been raining bombs in a blitz...
UN issues blank statement on Syria, says it has run out...
The UN children’s fund UNICEF issued a blank “statement” on Tuesday to express its outrage at mass casualties among Syrian children in the besieged...
Marriage prospects bleak for women in war-ridden Syria
DAMASCUS: Syrian student Nour wistfully examined her bare ring finger, scanning her fellow classmates at Damascus University. Amid the sea of women, there was...
US never gave ‘heavy arms’ to Kurdish YPG in Syria: Tillerson
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Thursday Washington has never supplied heavy weaponry in Syria to the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), which...
Russia says five of its civilians may have been killed in...
Five Russian citizens may have been killed in Syria in clashes with US-led coalition forces this month, but they were not Russian military personnel,...
US govt says American detainee worked for IS in Syria
WASHINGTON: An American detained by US forces was carrying thumb drives containing files on how to make bombs plus administrative spreadsheets describing work he...
Mattis denies killing of Russian mercenaries by US strikes in Syria
WASHINGTON: US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis says he has received no word that US air strikes killed multiple Russian mercenary soldiers in Syria, although...
Israeli, Iranian confrontation in Syria unlikely to escalate into war
Experts believe that recent friction between Israel and Syrian army forces shows Iran might have changed "rules" on its strategy towards Israel but situation...
Israel warns over Iran’s presence in Syria after air strikes
Israel issued stark warnings on Sunday over Iran’s presence in neighbouring Syria after a confrontation threatened to open a new and unpredictable period in...
Israel targets ‘Iranian’ positions in Syria after F16 downed
JERUSALEM: Israel attacked what it said were Iranian positions inside Syria on Saturday in "large-scale" raids after one of its warplanes was targeted by...
Israel downs Iranian drone, strikes Syria
Israeli forces attack Syrian, Iranian targets in fresh strike
Rocket sirens sound throughout northern areas of Israel
An Israeli F-16 was downed on Saturday morning after...
UN considers demanding 30-day ceasefire in Syria
GENEVA: The UN Security Council is considering a draft resolution demanding a 30-day ceasefire in Syria to allow for urgent deliveries of humanitarian aid,...
SDF to hand over British IS militants captured in Syria
AMUDA: The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has not received a request from any foreign government to hand over two British Islamic State militants...
