syria
US-backed forces breach Syrian IS stronghold Raqqa
Middle East
July 4, 2017
US-backed forces breach Syrian IS stronghold Raqqa
US-backed forces in Syria have entered the most heavily fortified area of Raqqa, the de facto capital of the Islamic…
Syrian army announces ceasefire in south
Middle East
July 4, 2017
Syrian army announces ceasefire in south
The Syrian army said on Monday it would suspend combat operations in southern Syria until Thursday ahead of a new…
Three car bombs hit Damascus, 7 killed
Middle East
July 2, 2017
Three car bombs hit Damascus, 7 killed
Three car bombs exploded in Damascus on Sunday, state media reported, and seven people were killed in one of the…
UN cites ‘notable trend’ of people returning home in Syria
Middle East
July 1, 2017
UN cites ‘notable trend’ of people returning home in Syria
Nearly a half-million people who were displaced within Syria by the war have returned to their homes, the UN refugee…
Lebanon: Suicide attacks near Syria border kill 1 girl, wound 7 soldiers
Middle East
July 1, 2017
Lebanon: Suicide attacks near Syria border kill 1 girl, wound 7 soldiers
Explosions, including five suicide bombings, shook a Lebanese border town early on Friday, killing a Syrian girl and wounding seven…
U.S. eyes arms for Kurdish YPG fighters in Syria even after Raqqa’s fall
Middle East
June 27, 2017
U.S. eyes arms for Kurdish YPG fighters in Syria even after Raqqa’s fall
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Tuesday left open the possibility of longer-term assistance to Kurdish YPG militia in Syria,…
Syria’s more confident Assad attends Eid prayers in Hama
Middle East
June 25, 2017
Syria’s more confident Assad attends Eid prayers in Hama
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad attended Eid al-Fitr prayers in Hama on Sunday, the furthest he has traveled inside Syria in years,…
Hezbollah says future Israel war could draw fighters from Iran, Iraq, elsewhere
Middle East
June 24, 2017
Hezbollah says future Israel war could draw fighters from Iran, Iraq, elsewhere
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday that a future war waged by Israel against Syria or Lebanon could…
Ramadan meals among the ruins in Syria’s besieged Douma
Features/Interviews
June 22, 2017
Ramadan meals among the ruins in Syria’s besieged Douma
The scene in Syria’s besieged rebel-held town of Douma is almost surreal — tables laden with food to break the…
Islamic State blows up historic Mosul mosque where it declared ‘caliphate’
Middle East
June 22, 2017
Islamic State blows up historic Mosul mosque where it declared ‘caliphate’
Islamic State militants on Wednesday blew up the Grand al-Nuri Mosque of Mosul and its famous leaning minaret, Iraq’s military…