17/02/2015

By Denise Marray Gulf Times London Correspondent The destruction and looting of historic sites in Syria and Iraq was raised in the British House of Commons last week. Conservative MP Robert Jenrick, who prior to being elected to…

The Daily Star   BEIRUT: Hezbollah's intervention in the Syrian conflict where it is fighting alongside government forces is legitimate, as long as foreign fighters are swelling the ranks of the opposition, Russian ambassador to…

The U.N.'s special envoy for Syria is briefing the Security Council on Tuesday after angering Syrian opposition leaders last week with his comments that President Bashar Assad remains "part of the solution" in reducing…

Clashes continue between regime forces backed by NDF and Hezbollah against Jabhat al-Nusra and Islamic battalions inHedantin and Retian and between Bianon and Retian in the northern countryside of Aleppo, after taking over Bashkwi village…

Aleppo province:  Regime forces backed by NDF, Hezbollah and non Syrian fighters have taken over Bashkwi village north of Aleppo after it advanced from Seifat area. Clashes continue between the two sides in Hardentin and Ratian northwest of…

Idlib province: An IED exploded in a car belongs to a commander in an Islamic battalion in Kafar Nubol what wounded him and wounded others. 7 soldiers in regime forces, including 3 officers ( a lieutenant, a captain, a colonel ), were…

President Obama’s request to Congress for greater authority in waging war against ISIS is not only vague, but doesn’t list an end date, the cost of future counterinsurgency wars, or how Washington will solve the bloody rivalry between Shia…

SURUC, Turkey, February 16 (UNHCR) – Aysha, her husband Wazam and their six children, are among the first residents of Turkey's newest and largest refugee camp, which opened in late January to accommodate tens of thousands of Syrian…

Homs Province: Clashes took place between the regime forces and loyal militiamen against the Nusra Front, rebel and Islamic battalions in the west of the city of Talbise, accompanied with opening fire and shelling by the regime forces on…

Aleppo Province: 3 shells landed on the regime- held areas in the city of Aleppo with no information about casualties so far.   The regime forces shelled places in the town of Kafar Hamra in the northwest of Aleppo. They also shelled…