syria
US, France, Britain propose UN resolution on Syria gas attack
Middle East
April 5, 2017
US, France, Britain propose UN resolution on Syria gas attack
The United States, Britain and France on Tuesday proposed a United Nations Security Council resolution to condemn a suspected deadly…
Syrian people do not want Assad as leader: US envoy to UN
Middle East
April 4, 2017
Syrian people do not want Assad as leader: US envoy to UN
The United States does not believe that the Syrian people want President Bashar al-Assad as their leader any longer, US…
3 tiger cubs destined for zoo in Syria rescued in Lebanon
Middle East
April 3, 2017
3 tiger cubs destined for zoo in Syria rescued in Lebanon
Three Siberian tiger cubs destined for a zoo in war-torn Syria were rescued by a Lebanese animal rights group after…
US-backed forces repel Islamic State attack near Syrian dam
Middle East
April 2, 2017
US-backed forces repel Islamic State attack near Syrian dam
US-backed Syrian forces repelled a major counter-attack by Islamic State militants holding out at the country's largest dam and in…
US priority on Syria no longer focused on ‘getting Assad out’: Haley
World
March 31, 2017
US priority on Syria no longer focused on ‘getting Assad out’: Haley
The United States' diplomatic policy on Syria for now is no longer focused on making the war-torn country's president, Bashar…
Syrian refugee numbers pass 5 million mark in region: UN
Middle East
March 30, 2017
Syrian refugee numbers pass 5 million mark in region: UN
The number of people fleeing Syria's civil war to Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt has passed the 5 million…
Syrian experts visit critical dam spillway near main IS base
Middle East
March 30, 2017
Syrian experts visit critical dam spillway near main IS base
Syrian engineers and Red Crescent officials on Wednesday visited a spillway of a key dam west of the Islamic State…
Sisi calls for unity among Arab nations to confront terrorism, avoid foreign interference
Egypt
March 29, 2017
Sisi calls for unity among Arab nations to confront terrorism, avoid foreign interference
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called on Arab leaders to unite positions, putting an emphasis on the threat of terrorism to…
Air strike on prison in Syria’s Idlib kills 16: monitor
Middle East
March 25, 2017
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…
Scorched earth: If Islamic State can’t have it, no one can
Middle East
March 22, 2017
Scorched earth: If Islamic State can’t have it, no one can
As Islamic State loses ground in Iraq and Syria, the Sunni militant group which once held territory amounting to a…