Tag: Syrian

Syrian Kurdish-led council visits Damascus for new talks

  BEIRUT: The political wing of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) went to Damascus last week for a second round of talks with the...

Turkey ‘turns blind eye’ to Syrian rebel abuses in Afrin: Amnesty

ISTANBUL: Amnesty International on Thursday accused Turkish forces of allowing Syrian armed groups to commit major rights abuses in the northern region of Afrin,...

Syrian Kurdish-backed council holds talks in Damascus

BEIRUT: A senior Syrian Kurdish official is in Damascus this week for talks with Syrian government officials at the head of a delegation including...

Syrian rebels begin evacuating Golan frontier

BEIRUT: Syrian rebels began evacuating the border with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Friday, a witness and a war monitor group said, leaving for...

Syrian army says it captures strategic hill overlooking Israeli border

AMMAN: The Syrian army has taken control of a strategic hill that overlooks the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, state television said on Monday. It said the...

Israel hits Syrian army posts after drone incursion

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM: Israel attacked Syrian army posts on Thursday near the Golan frontier after a drone incursion, but signaled it would not impede President Bashar...

Syrian, Russian jets hit Syrian south, UN urges Jordan to open...

BEIRUT: Dark smoke rose over areas held by Syrian rebels near the border with Jordan on Thursday as President Bashar al-Assad's Russian allies unleashed...

Syrian offensive uprooted 120,000 people so far, UN warns of catastrophe

BEIRUT/GENEVA: More than 120,000 civilians have been uprooted by a Syrian army offensive in the southwest since it began last week, a war monitor...

Several hundred Syrian refugees in Lebanon return to Syria

ARSAL: Nearly 400 refugees began leaving the Lebanese border town of Arsal to cross into Syria on Thursday, a rare case of returns which...

Turkish border guards shoot, block fleeing Syrian asylum seekers

ANKARA: Turkey's border guards are indiscriminately shooting and forcibly returning Syrian asylum seekers, who are trying to cross into Turkey, the Human Rights Watch...

Mattis claims Syria peace congress in Sochi failed

WASHINGTON: US Defence Secretary James Mattis claimed this week’s Syrian national dialogue congress in Russia’s Sochi had failed to produce any significant results. "You see,...

Syrian peace conference delegates announce progress in Sochi

SOCHI: Delegates at a Syrian peace conference in Sochi have called for respect for the country’s territorial integrity and said the Syrian people alone...

Mistura invites Syrian govt, opposition for Vienna talks next week

GENEVA: The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria said on Wednesday he had invited the Syrian government and opposition to a special meeting to...

Syrian troops repel terrorist attacks in Aleppo, Idlib and Hama

ALEPPO: Syrian servicemen and militia have repelled attacks by the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group and regained control over seven settlements near the town of...

Putin says Turkey not behind attack on Russian base in Syria

MOSCOW: The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) attack on the Russian base in Syria was a provocation aimed at destroying previous agreements, Russian President Vladimir...

Turkey urges Russia, Iran to stop Syrian army offense

ANKARA: Turkey called on Russia and Iran on Wednesday to pressure Syrian authorities to halt a military offensive in Syria’s rebel-held northwestern province of...

EU funds not being actively used for needs of Syrian refugees,...

ISTANBUL: A substantial portion of the funds promised by the European Union (EU) to help Syrian refugees in Turkey is still not being used...