Oil prices surge amid Middle East tensions
Oil prices surged more than one per cent on Thursday as escalating tensions in the Middle East and uncertainty…
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Turkey says Syrian Kurds have no right to help from Damascus
Turkey on Friday said a Syrian Kurdish militia "does not have the right" to appeal to Damascus for help to counter…
Syrian rebels prepare to quit south Damascus
Buses arrived in south Damascus on Thursday to transport Syrian rebels from an enclave they have surrendered there,…
Syrian rebels withdraw from enclave northeast of Damascus
Syrian rebels began withdrawing from an enclave northeast of Damascus on Saturday and will go to northern Syria,…
Last eastern Ghouta rebels poised to surrender: Syrian state media
The group in control of the last rebel bastion near Damascus appeared on Sunday to have agreed a deal for its…
Syria’s Assad visits army in eastern Ghouta as rebels in talks
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday visited Syrian soldiers who appear close to defeating the last major…
Syrian, Russian jets strike residential areas in eastern Ghouta
Jets believed to be Syrian and Russian bombed heavily crowded residential areas in a besieged rebel enclave near…
Damascus shelling kills three just before ceasefire agreed
Shelling killed three people in the last major rebel stronghold near Damascus on Tuesday shortly before the UN…
Russia pressures Syrian regime to tackle constitution in Geneva
Moscow “advised” Damascus that it needs to discuss both the constitution and election files and the political…
Rebels accuse Syrian army of chlorine attack, army denies
A Syrian rebel group accused the Syrian army of using chlorine gas against its fighters on Saturday in battles east…
