Tag: Politics of Syria

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said a victory for his army in Aleppo would be a "huge step" towards ending ...

The fall of rebel-held eastern Aleppo would not mean the end of the fight against President Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian ...

It's a familiar scene: Syria Civil Defence, also known as the "White Helmets," rushing to rescue a man covered in ...

France has accused Syria and its allies of using political uncertainty in the US to launch "total war" against opposition-held ...

In early 2011, as the Arab Spring was moving across North Africa and the Middle East, small groups of nonviolent ...

US legislators have passed a bill that would sanction the government of Syria and its supporters, including Russia and Iran, ...

Syria's leader has said he hopes US President-elect Donald Trump will be an ally in fighting terrorism but remains "cautious ...

Six stories you may have missed because of US election Iraqi Kurdish forces seized the town of Bashiqa near Mosul ...

The Syrian army says it has taken a strategic district of Aleppo in what would mark the most important advance ...

Five people linked to the so-called Islamic State (IS) group have been arrested in co-ordinated raids in Germany, including a ...

The US government has ordered all civilian family members of its Istanbul consulate staff to leave Turkey because of increasing ...

Russia's seat on the UN Human Rights Council is under threat due to its support of the Syrian government's air ...

European Union leaders warned Russia at a summit on Thursday that they will consider sanctions over its role in the ...

The small northern town holds great value for IS because of a prophecy of an apocalyptic battle Turkish-backed rebels have ...

Turkish-backed Syrian rebels are advancing on Dabiq, a symbolic stronghold of so-called Islamic State. The small town holds great value ...

The death in a prison cell of a Syrian refugee suspected of planning a bomb attack in Germany is a ...

President Vladimir Putin has dismissed suggestions that Russia could face war crimes charges over its bombardment of Syria's second city ...

A Syrian migrant suspected of planning a bomb attack on a Berlin airport has killed himself in his prison cell ...

A secret internment camp for former Islamic State militants and their families has been established in Syria. Some 300 defectors ...

Russia's President Vladimir Putin has cancelled a planned visit to France amid a row over Syria. He had been due ...