Syria Army At Gates of IS-Held Town On Road To East
The Syrian army has reached the last jihadist-held town on the road to its besieged garrison in the east, a ...
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‘Syrian Billy Elliot’ Dances His Way To A New Life
From Palmyra to Paris: "Syrian Billy Elliot" Ahmad Joudeh is set on showing the real image of his nation and ...
EU To Crack Down On Terror Art Trafficking
The EU said Thursday it would cut off financing for terror groups from the lucrative trade in priceless cultural artefacts ...
The Islamic State Group In Iraq, Syria
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory Sunday in the "liberated" city of Mosul, the Islamic State group's last urban ...
Syria Army Reaches Iraq Border After US Tensions
Syrian government troops and allied forces reached the Iraqi border for the first time since 2015 on Friday, a monitor ...
US-Led Syria Strike Kills Scores of Relatives of IS Fighters
Dozens of relatives of Islamic State fighters were killed on Friday in new US-led strikes on Syria, just hours after ...
Syria Army Takes Control of Damascus-Palmyra Road
The Syrian army is in full control of the highway from Damascus to ancient Palmyra for the first time since ...
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 ...
Israeli Missile Shoots Down ‘target’ Over Golan
Israel shot down what it identified only as "a target" over the occupied Golan Heights on Thursday, hours after Syria ...
Israel Blamed As Blast Sparks Huge Fires At Damascus Airport
A massive explosion struck near Damascus International Airport early today setting off large fires, a monitoring group said, without specifying ...
Huge Blast Near Damascus Airport, ‘probably’ Israeli Strike
A huge explosion hit near Damascus International Airport early Thursday setting off large fires, with Syrian regime ally Hezbollah saying ...
Iraqi Forces Seize Ancient Site of Hatra From IS
Iraqi pro-government forces said Wednesday they had seized the UNESCO-listed ancient site of Hatra from the Islamic State group, the ...
Hezbollah Commander Killed By Own Men
Israel's military chief said on Tuesday that Hezbollah's military commander in Syria, reported dead last year, was killed by members ...
Assad Sees Key Russia Role After Syria-Israel Strikes
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday said Russia can play an important role in the crisis following Syria's firing missiles ...
Israel Says It Foiled Syrian Ballistic Missile Threat
A senior army officer said Monday that Israel had fired its Arrow missile at a Syrian rocket which posed a ...
Israel Threatens To ‘destroy’ Syrian Air Defence Systems
Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Sunday threatened to destroy Syrian air defence systems after they fired ground-to-air missiles at ...
Hundreds Quit Last Rebel-Held District of Syria’s Homs
Hundreds of rebels and civilians left the last opposition-held district of Homs on Saturday under a controversial Russian-supervised deal to ...
Syria Raids Targeted ‘advanced’ Hezbollah Arms
Israeli warplanes struck several targets in Syria early Friday, prompting retaliatory missile launches, in the most serious incident between the ...
Syria Says Shot Down Israeli Plane After Raids Near Palmyra
Syria's army said Friday it shot down an Israeli plane that had been carrying out pre-dawn raids on a military ...
Israeli Warplanes Hit Targets In Syria As Tensions Flare
Israeli warplanes struck several targets in Syria early Friday, prompting retaliatory missiles launches, in the most serious incident between the ...