ISIS Executes 19 Civilians In Syria, Including Two Children
ISIS has executed 19 civilians in Syria, including two children, human rights activists have claimed today. The executions are said ...
Tag: Politics of Syria
Pentagon Plans To ‘annihilate’ IS Fighters
President Donald Trump has instructed the Pentagon to "annihilate" the Islamic State group in Syria in a bid to prevent ...
Syria Condemns Attack By US-Led Coalition
Syria on Friday condemned a US-led coalition strike on pro-government forces as a "brazen attack" and said it would "not ...
Syria Army Retakes Villages After Deadly IS Attack
The Syrian army has regained full control of two central villages from the Islamic State group after an attack that ...
Syrian Sides Agree To New UN Process On Constitution
In the first concrete results from talks this week on ending Syria's conflict, the United Nations said Thursday the warring ...
IS Kills More Than 50 In Central Syria Attack
The Islamic State group killed more than 50 people in an attack on two government-held villages in central Syria's Hama ...
Syrians Seek Release of Prisoners From ‘crematorium’ Jail
Standing outside the UN's headquarters in Geneva, Amina Kholani chokes back tears as she relives the nightmare of visiting relatives ...
US-Led Coalition Denies East Syria Strike That Killed Civilians
The US-led coalition against the Islamic State group said Wednesday it did not conduct strikes in the eastern Syrian town ...
US-Led Strike On IS-Held Syria Town Kills 23 Civilians
Islamic State jihadists established a caliphate in 2014 after seizing a large swathe of territory in Iraq and Syria, but ...
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 ...
Hunger and Fear In Syria’s Tabqa After IS Defeat
When Dalal Ahmad heard that the fighters who expelled the Islamic State group from the Syrian town of Tabqa were ...
UN In Talks Over Control of Syria Safe Zones
The United Nations said Thursday it was in talks with Iran, Russia and Turkey over who should control proposed safe ...
Russia’s Lavrov To Meet With Trump On Syria Amid Uproar
US President Donald Trump will receive Russia's top diplomat Sergei Lavrov at the White House Wednesday even as a political ...
UN Security Council Expected To Meet On Syria Safe Zones Deal
Japan and Sweden have requested a UN Security Council meeting to obtain specific details of a Russia-backed agreement on establishing ...
Anti-IS Coalition Meets In Denmark To Assess Campaign
Key members of the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria meet in Copenhagen on Tuesday ...
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 ...
Tillerson Discusses Syria With Russia’s Lavrov
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson discussed the conflict in Syria with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov on Friday, the State ...
What Are the ‘de-Escalation Zones’ Agreed For Syria?
After six years of conflict in Syria, government backers Russia and Iran and rebel supporter Turkey have signed a deal ...
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 ...
Cautious US Welcome For Russia-Backed Syria Safe Zones
The United States gave an extremely cautious welcome on Thursday to Russia and Turkey's plan to create safe zones to ...