Tag: Syrian civil war

The bodies of some 130 fighters shot execution-style or beheaded by rival jihadists have been found in mass graves in ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Moscow's goal in Syria was to "stabilise the legitimate authority" and strike a ...

Turkish-backed Syrian rebels announced on Thursday that they had taken full control of the northern town of Al-Bab from the ...

The UN's Syria envoy launched consultations Thursday with rival sides in the six-year conflict, but hopes of breakthrough are clouded ...

UN-brokered Syrian peace talks resume in Geneva on Thursday, but hopes of a breakthrough are dim, clouded by persistent violence ...

Salem al-Meslet (L), spokesman for the High Negotiations Committee (HNC) umbrella group, speaks to journalists on the eve of resumption ...

Turkey said Wednesday fewer than 100 jihadists were still holed up in the flashpoint Islamic-State Syrian town of Al-Bab, as ...

A Syrian migrant went on trial in Austria on Wednesday for allegedly executing 20 wounded government soldiers in his home ...

Turkey said Wednesday fewer than 100 Islamic State jihadists were still holed up in a flashpoint Syrian town which has ...

An alliance of Arab and Kurdish fighters seized more than a dozen villages in eastern Syria on Tuesday in their ...

CIA-coordinated military aid for rebels in northwest Syria has been frozen since they came under major Islamist attack last month, ...

Diplomatic tensions escalated Tuesday between Turkey and Iran as the countries traded accusations over their roles in the Syria conflict ...

Since the start of Syria's war in 2011, several diplomatic initiatives have stumbled over the future of President Bashar al-Assad. ...

A seasoned diplomat, a cardiologist and a lawyer will represent Syria's two sides at UN-brokered peace talks that begin Thursday ...

Syrian opposition figures will return to Geneva on Thursday for new UN-sponsored talks with President Bashar al-Assad's regime on their ...

Syrian government officials and opposition figures will gather in Geneva on Thursday for the fourth round of UN-brokered talks aimed ...

Eleven members of the same family were killed on Monday as Turkey-backed Syrian rebels advanced on the town of Al-Bab ...

Four Russian military personnel were killed and two injured when their vehicle was targeted with explosives in central Syria last ...

The leading Syrian opposition body on Sunday lambasted escalating attacks by government forces as a "bloody message" aimed at sabotaging ...

Turkey has presented two plans to the US detailing how a joint operation could retake the IS de-facto capital of ...