Tag: War in Syria

Erdogan: Turkey is ready to take over Syria’s Manbij

ISTANBUL: Turkey is ready to take over security in Syria’s Manbij, where four US citizens died in an Islamic State-claimed bombing last week, President...

Israel says strikes Iranian targets in Syria

JERUSALEM: Israel's military said it carried out strikes on Iranian targets in Syria early Monday after it intercepted a rocket fired from Syrian territory...

Russia, Germany, France and Turkey call for lasting ceasefire, constitutional meeting...

ISTANBUL: The leaders of Russia, Germany, France and Turkey stressed the importance on Saturday of a lasting ceasefire in Syria, and said a committee...

Russia vows no safe passage for Syria jihadists in Idlib

MOSCOW: Russia on Friday warned it will not allow jihadists in Syria to be sent to Afghanistan or elsewhere under a deal reached with...

US-led fight on Islamic State killed more than 1,100 civilians, says...

WASHINGTON: More than 1,100 civilians have been killed in US-led strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria since the operation began in...

Russia to supply S-300 missile system to Syria

MOSCOW: Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Monday that Moscow will supply an S-300 anti-missile system to Syria within two weeks. The announcement comes...

Jihadist group rejects deal for Syria’s Idlib, main faction yet to...

BEIRUT: A jihadist faction in the Idlib region of northwestern Syria has rejected a Turkish-Russian deal that requires “radical” insurgents to withdraw from a...

Russia says Israel indirectly to blame for downing of plane over...

MOSCOW: Russia on Tuesday accused Israel of indirectly causing a Russian military plane to be shot down near Syria’s Mediterranean coast, and threatened to...

Russia says a military aircraft vanishes near Syria during Israeli, French...

MOSCOW: Russia’s defence ministry said early on Tuesday that one if its military aircraft with 14 people on board disappeared from radar screens over...

Syrians flee to border villages as Idlib offensive looms

IDLIB: Syrians escaping violence in Idlib have arrived in villages near the Turkish border in droves, fearing Damascus will launch a full-blown assault on...

Germany in talks with allies on possible military deployment in Syria

BERLIN: Germany is in talks with its allies about a possible military deployment in Syria if the Syrian government used chemical weapons in Idlib...

Russia says US dropped phosphorus bombs over Syria, which Pentagon denies

MOSCOW: Russia’s military said on Sunday that two US F-15 fighter jets dropped phosphorus bombs over Syria’s Deir al-Zor province on Saturday, the TASS...

Iran, Russia, Turkey to decide fate of Syria’s Idlib in Tehran...

GENEVA: The presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey - the main outside players in Syria’s long war - meet in Tehran on Friday as...

US has seen evidence of Syria preparing chemical weapons in Idlib,...

WASHINGTON: There is “lots of evidence” that chemical weapons are being prepared by Syrian government forces in Idlib in northwest Syria, the new US...

No knowledge of Trump ordering Assad killed, says Israeli intelligence minister

JERUSALEM: Israel’s intelligence minister said on Wednesday he had no knowledge of close ally US President Donald Trump ever ordering the killing of Syria’s...

Shells hit Syria’s Idlib as rebels prepare for assault, says monitor

BEIRUT: The Syrian military shelled the last stronghold of active rebellion against President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday as insurgents blew up another bridge in...

Trump warns Syria not to ‘recklessly attack’ Idlib province

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Monday warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his allies Iran and Russia not to “recklessly attack” Syria’s rebel-held...