Iraqi Shia paramilitaries deploy to Syrian border
Iraqi Shia paramilitary groups have deployed to the frontier to back up border guard forces who came under fire…
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Syrian army strikes rebels near Hama: monitor
Syrian army and its allies launched air strikes against rebels north of the city of Hama on Thursday after…
Assad must keep Iran out of Syria if he wants to survive: Israeli minister
Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked said on Monday that Syria’s President Bashar Al-Assad has to keep Iran out…
Syria’s Assad says Western plots against him foiled but war not yet won
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Sunday his country had foiled Western designs to topple him but his army…
Assad’s march east compounds West’s Syria dilemma
Syria's war has entered a new phase as President Bashar al-Assad extends his grip in areas being captured from…
Enough evidence to convict Syria’s Assad of war crimes: Prosecutor
A UN commission probing Syria rights abuses has gathered enough evidence to convict President Bashar al-Assad of…
Syria says U.S. halting aid to rebels is step toward ending war
Syria views a U.S. decision to halt CIA support to rebel groups fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad as a…
Trump ends CIA arms support for anti-Assad Syria rebels: officials
The Trump administration has decided to halt the CIA's covert programme to equip and train certain rebel groups…
Partial ceasefire deal reached in Syria, in Trump’s first peace effort
The United States, Russia and Jordan reached a ceasefire and "de-escalation agreement" for southwestern Syria on…
Syria’s Assad says de-escalation zones chance for rebels to ‘reconcile’
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that de-escalation zones proposed by his ally Russia were a chance for…
Assad blames ex Al-Qaeda affiliate for bombing evacuees: Russian media
Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad on Friday blamed the country's former Al-Qaeda affiliate for a deadly bombing against…
Lebanon PM criticises Hezbollah media border tour
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri criticised the powerful Hezbollah movement on Friday for organising a media…
Israel says Assad’s forces still have several tonnes of chemical weapons
Israel's military said on Wednesday it believes Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces still possess several…
U.S. Defence Secretary Mattis to talk IS, Syria in Middle East
On his first trip as U.S defence secretary to parts of the Middle East and Africa, Jim Mattis will focus on the…
France Ayrault says Assad’s comments on Syria chemical attack are lies
French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault on Friday dismissed as lies and propaganda comments by Syrian President…
US squeezes Moscow over Assad support ahead of Tillerson talks
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson flew into Moscow Tuesday to confront the Kremlin over its support for Bashar…
May, Trump agree Russia should break ties with Assad: UK PM’s office
British Prime Minister Theresa May spoke on Monday to U.S. President Donald Trump and agreed that a window of…
For survivors of past Syrian gassing, new attack brings back horror and despair
It's the dead children that still haunt Abu Ghassan, who was blinded for more than a month and paralysed for weeks…
Gold prices climb as geopolitical worries spur safe-haven buying
Gold edged up on Tuesday as rising political tensions over North Korea and the Middle East buoyed safe-haven demand…
Dollar prices slip vs yen as US Treasury yields slip
The dollar fell against the yen in Asian trading on Tuesday, as concerns over tensions with North Korea and Syria…
European stocks to open lower, G-7 meeting and French elections in focus
European bourses are expected to open lower on Tuesday morning as increased geopolitical risks in the Middle East…
Turkey welcomes US strike in Syria, urges no-fly zone
Turkey on Friday welcomed a U.S. missile strike on a Syrian regime airbase in retaliation for a suspected chemical…
US fires missiles at Assad airbase, Russia denounces aggression
The United States fired cruise missiles on Friday at a Syrian airbase from which President Donald Trump said a…
Russia defends Syria against ‘chemical attack’ outcry
Russia defended its ally Damascus on Wednesday against international outcry over a suspected chemical attack that…
Blaming Assad, Trump says Syria attack ‘cannot be tolerated’
The United States and Russia traded conflicting assertions Wednesday about who launched a chemical weapons attack…
Egypt condemns indiscriminate bombardment in Syria’s Idlib
Egypt has strongly condemned what it described as the indiscriminate bombardment of Khan Sheikhoun town in Syria's…
EU sees no future for Assad in Syria: Foreign ministers
President Bashar al-Assad has no future in post-conflict Syria but his fate is ultimately up to the Syrian people,…
Sisi, King Salman exchange invitations in Jordan to respective countries
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi held talks with Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Wednesday on the sidelines of…
Spain court opens 1st criminal case against Syrian officials
A Spanish National Court judge on Monday ordered an investigation into the alleged role of nine Syrian intelligence…
Syrian opposition fed up with terrorists, seeks help against Assad
The Syrian opposition rejects terrorism and is "fed up" with banned militants but they cannot be stopped if Syria…
Air strike on prison in Syria’s Idlib kills 16: monitor
At least 16 people were killed overnight in air strikes on a prison in the rebel-held city of Idlib in northwest…
Syria’s rebels, families begin leaving Homs district in deal with government
Rebels and their families began leaving their last bastion in the Syrian city of Homs on Saturday, state media and…
Syria, key powers meet in Astana for Syria’s talks without rebels
The Syrian regime and key powerbrokers on Tuesday tried to shrug off the absence of rebel groups as they gathered…
Syria’s opposition to not attend peace talks in Astana
The Syrian opposition will not attend peace talks due to start on Tuesday in the Kazakh capital Astana, blaming…
Over 320,000 dead in 6 years of Syria war: monitor
Syria's war has killed just over 320,000 people since it erupted six years ago, a monitor said Monday, noting that…
Syria’s jihadists say responsible for Damascus bomb attack
A Syrian alliance of jihadist groups known as Hayat Tahrir al-Sham said on Sunday it was responsible for a double…
Syrian rebels want Astana meeting delayed to assess ceasefire
Syrian rebel groups called for the postponement of Russian-backed peace talks in Kazakhstan this month and said…
Syria’s Assad says to see real steps on IS by Trump, US forces
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he had yet to see anything concrete from U.S. President Donald Trump over his…
Syrian army advance opens new link to Kurdish areas
A Syrian army advance against Islamic State (ISIS) in northern Syria has opened a new link between government- held…
Syria’s army advances against ISIS near Aleppo: monitor
Syria's army and its allies made a sudden advance on Saturday and Sunday into areas held by Islamic State (ISIS) in…