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Iraqi media reports strike carried out by Israel, while UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says attack targeted convoy linked to pro-Iranian militias; unusual attack in daylight hours could be indication of sense of urgency…

 Syrian government forces deploy near the Damascus-Aleppo highway in the southern part of Syria's northern Aleppo province on February 10, 2020. Photo: AFP At least seven of the 26 killed were Syrian troops, according to…

The militant Islamic State group on Monday killed 26 pro-government fighters in eastern Syria, as alarm grew following a spate of murders, including beheadings, in a camp housing families of the jihadists. Almost 10 years into Syria’s…

Idlib-based reporter was arrested six months ago after raising concerns about alleged torture of prisoners by HTS Bilal Abdul Kareem has reported from opposition-held Syria since 2014 (Screengrab) A leading media freedom monitor…

The conflict in Syria has seen the convergence of multiple, sometimes opposing forces in the skies over a near-decade-long civil war that today threatens to draw the United States' foreign policy resources back into the quagmire, one…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. counter-terrorism chief on Wednesday urged the repatriation of tens of thousands of women and children suspected of links to the Islamic State extremist group, warning that many are being radicalized in…

Lebanon (MNN) — More than 10 million people in five Middle Eastern countries require help to survive another day. UN officials say it is the highest level of need since the Syrian refugee crisis began in 2011. As Lebanon crumbles, Syrian…

The tenth anniversary of the Arab Spring has been an opportunity for some to declare the protests a failure – not least in the face of ongoing conflict in Syria, Libya, and Yemen. Looking back on those turbulent events, it’s become fairly…

BEIRUT (AP) — Late one night in 2015, a friend of Yasmen Almashan tagged a photo to her Facebook account. The notification ended a tormented wait for a sign from her brother, detained three years earlier by Syrian troops. The photo of…

Vladimir Putin visits Hmeimim Air Base in Syria on 11 September 2017 Russia has been developing the Hmeimim Air Base in Latakia in western Syria in preparation for it to receive strategic nuclear bombers as part of plans to…