US Accuses Syria of Mass Executions and Burning the Bodies
The Syrian government has been accused of carrying out mass killings of thousands of prisoners by the US government - ...
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US Says Syria Using ‘crematorium’ To Hide Mass Killing
The United States on Monday accused the Syrian regime of installing a prison crematorium to destroy the remains of thousands ...
Syria Talks Open Overshadowed By Rival Track, Rebel Losses
A new round of Syrian peace talks opens in Geneva on Tuesday, overshadowed by a competing process in Astana and ...
As Fighting Ebbs In West Syria, Army Looks East
With hostilities subsiding on Syria's western battlefronts, President Bashar al-Assad's army is seeking to head off US-backed forces fighting jihadists ...
Leading Syria Opposition Body Elects New Head
Riad Seif, seen in 2012, served as a parliamentarian under both Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his father Hafez before ...
Russia Says Has Already Stopped Bombing Proposed Syria Safe Zones
Russia on Friday said it had already stopped bombing in areas of Syria set to be designated safe zones under ...
Russia, Turkey, Iran Sign Deal To Set Up Syria Safe Zones
Russia, Iran and Turkey on Thursday signed an agreement to set up four safe zones in Syria that the United ...
Iran Big Winner From Region’s Turmoil
Arab League chief Ahmed Abul Gheit warned Monday that Iran and Israel were the main beneficiaries of turmoil across the ...
New Syria War Crimes Panel To Launch Soon
A new UN body tasked with identifying individuals guilty of atrocities in Syria should start work shortly, a key step ...
Assad Meet Sees European Rights Group Leader Censured
A controversial meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad led Europe's foremost human rights group to say it had no confidence ...
Syria To Buy Latest Russian Anti-Missile System
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Damascus is negotiating with regime ally Moscow to buy the latest Russian anti-missile system to ...
France ‘hiding Truth’ On Suspected Chemical Attack
Syria on Thursday accused France of concealing the real identity of those behind a deadly suspected chemical attack, a day ...
Ivanka Trump Draws Line With Father On Syrian Refugees
First Daughter Ivanka Trump is contradicting her father, the US president, insisting that allowing Syrian refugees to immigrate to the ...
French Intelligence Blames Syrian Regime For ‘chemical Attack’
A report by French intelligence services blames Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime for a suspected chemical attack in rebel-held Syria ...
Trump Says Assad’s Future ‘not A Deal Breaker’ On Syria
US President Donald Trump told UN Security Council ambassadors that the future of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was "not a ...
US Blacklists 271 Syrian Chemists, Other Experts Over Sarin Attack
The US government put 271 Syrian chemists and other officials on its financial blacklist Monday, punishing them for their presumed ...
US Slaps Sanctions On Syrian Officials Who Produced Sarin For Assad
The US government has imposed 'sweeping sanctions' on Syrian officials in response to the sarin gas attack the country's dictator ...
A Strategic Prize
Syria's Tabqa, which US-backed forces entered Monday, is doubly strategic: it lies on the road to the Islamic State group's ...
US-Backed Forces Enter Major Jihadist-Held Syria Town
A US-backed alliance of Arab-Kurdish forces entered the key jihadist-held town of Tabqa on Monday as they pursued their campaign ...
US Treasury Sanctions Syrian Officials Over Sarin Attack
The US government imposed "sweeping sanctions" on Syrian officials in response to what the US says was a sarin gas ...