New Talks Seek To End Syria’s War After Nearly Six Years
As Syria's war approaches its seventh year, two new rounds of talks on resolving the conflict are scheduled to take ...
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Pro-Russia and Fixated On Islamic Extremism
President Donald Trump's national security adviser Michael Flynn, who resigned late Monday over his controversial contacts with Russia, is a ...
Pro-Ankara Rebels, Syria Regime ‘agree Security Line’ In Al-Bab
Turkey-backed Syrian rebels and President Bashar al-Assad's forces have created a security corridor to avoid clashes in the battle to ...
Turkey’s Erdogan In Saudi On Gulf Tour
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived for talks in Saudi Arabia on Monday to further strengthen ties as part of ...
Delayed Syria Peace Talks To Resume Next Week
Delayed UN-sponsored peace talks aimed at ending Syria's civil war will resume on February 23 in Geneva, a few days ...
Netanyahu To Test Trump Policy At Washington Talks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who warmly welcomed Donald Trump's election as US president, will visit the White House Wednesday ...
Syrian Forces Used Chemical Weapons In Final Push For Aleppo
Syrian government forces carried out at least eight chemical attacks during the final weeks of the battle for Aleppo, killing ...
Some Uighurs Fighting and Dying In Syria
An exiled advocate for China's ethnic Uighur minority said Monday that some of the group were fighting and dying in ...
Damascus Ready For Prisoner Swap With Rebels
Syria's regime is ready to release detainees in exchange for hostages held by rebels, the official SANA news agency reported ...
Russia Releases Drone Footage of Fresh Palmyra Destruction
Russia's military on Monday released drone footage showing more destruction of treasured monuments by the Islamic State in Syria's Palmyra ...
Hezbollah Urges Lebanon Plan For Syria Refugee Return
The head of Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah movement on Sunday urged the government to coordinate with Damascus to help refugees to ...
Syria’s Assad Sees Trump’s Islamic State View As Promising
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said U. S. President Donald Trump prioritizing the fight against jihadists by Islamic State was promising ...
Thousands Hanged At Saydnaya Prison, Amnesty Says
As many as 13,000 people, most of them civilian opposition supporters, have been executed in secret at a prison in ...
Russia, Turkey, Iran Discuss Syria Ceasefire In Astana
Representatives from Russia, Turkey and Iran have kicked off a technical meeting in Kazakhstan's capital Astana to discuss details of ...
War of Words As Peace Talks Open In Astana
The Syrian government's lead negotiator has denounced what he called his rebel counterpart's "provocative" comments at the start of peace ...
Senate Democrat Says He Will Oppose Tillerson For State Department
The most senior Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said on Monday he would not support President Donald Trump's ...
Expectations Low As Syria’s Warring Sides Meet
Syria's warring sides met for talks in Kazakhstan's capital on Monday, flanked by intermediary nations seeking to engineer steps towards ...
U.S. Envoy To Kazakhstan To Attend Syria Talks As An Observer
The U. S. State Department said on Saturday it will not send a delegation from Washington to attend Syrian peace ...
Trump Takes Over Islamic State Fight, Vowing To Finish It
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, the Islamic State is on the defensive in three countries and has ...
Syria Accuses Israel of Bombardment
The suburb of Mezzeh is situated on the western outskirts of Damascus Syria has accused Israel of bombarding an area ...